They left lucrative careers as lawyers, consultants, counselors and Hill staffers to join the D.C. Teaching Fellows program, to make a difference as highly qualified teachers and earn an all expenses paid graduate degree in education.

Now in their second of a two-year commitment as full-salaried D.C. Public Schools special education teachers, these fellows are disgusted. They are owed thousands of dollars for Trinity University graduate classes they were required to finance up front with cash or student loans, with the promise of full reimbursement. Some talk of suing.