You have to love the clumsy two-step all our politicians and educators are doing over reports that D.C. students made big academic gains this past year. What’s the line — Success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan?

Do we credit dearly departed Superintendent Clifford Janey? Before Mayor Adrian Fenty took over the schools last year and gave him the gate, Janey did change some tests and reform some curricula.

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