Catholic archdiocese in Washington, D.C., appoints new superintendent

From The Washington Post: A former special education teacher in Washington, D.C., has been named superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Washington. Bert L'Homme, who has spent much of his career in public education, will be in charge of Catholic schools for the archdiocese, which serves 29,000 students in 95 schools in the District of Columbia and Maryland. L'Homme has been interim chief operating officer and director of education policy at the Children's Defense Fund since July. He was previously superintendent of schools in Franklin County, N.C.