An interesting report on unemployment was released last week on the same day Democratic mayoral nominee Vincent C. Gray pushed out Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. It underscored the importance of aggressive, unimpeded education reform in the nation’s capital.

The D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute’s “Packing a Punch” examined the effect of the recession on District residents; it found those hit hardest — mostly African-Americans and Latinos — lacked college degrees. Only 21 percent of black D.C. residents over 25 years old have college degrees, while 80 percent of whites in that age group have them.

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