Stat of the day

The results are in:

District children in both systems still fall short of national averages on standardized tests. But students in charter schools have been more successful at closing the gap. According to a Washington Post analysis of recent national test results for economically disadvantaged students, D.C. middle-school charters scored 19 points higher than the regular public schools in reading and 20 points higher in math.

On the city's standardized tests, the passing rate for charter middle schools was 13 percent higher on average.

One school system is run by the government and one isn't. Such results should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.