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  • 3-Minute Interview: Linda Moore, charter schools Hall of Famer

    By Rachel Baye | 05/31/13 03:00 PM

    The founder of Elsie Whitlow Stokes Public Charter School, Moore will be inducted into the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Hall of Fame on July 1. Why do you think you were chosen for the Hall of Fame? I'm the founder of one of the pioneer [charter] schools in Washington. We're...

  • Silver Spring middle school parents fight elimination of class period

    By Rachel Baye | 05/30/13 07:35 PM

    Parents at Silver Spring International Middle School worry the school's plans to cut its eighth period will worsen the school's achievement gap. The school plans to go from eight periods -- a block schedule with four classes a day -- to seven periods beginning in fall 2014. School leaders will...

  • Fairfax school leaders look to create pathway for foreign language

    By Rachel Baye | 05/29/13 07:45 PM

    Fairfax County school leaders are considering changes that would bolster students' ability to study a foreign language from elementary school through high school without disruption. Fairfax County Public Schools offers some kind of foreign language instruction during the school day at 40...

  • Maya Angelou charter school wipes out zeros for students

    By Rachel Baye | 05/28/13 07:20 PM

    A student at Maya Angelou Public Charter School can fail to complete any assignment or even not show up at school and still get a 40 percent for the quarter under a new grading policy. The school, which advertises a nontraditional setting to serve students who have not done well in traditional...

  • 3-Minute Interview: Foster parent Amy Zydel

    By Rachel Baye | 05/28/13 04:05 PM

    The 42-year-old Fairfax resident was recently named the Fairfax County Foster Parent of the Year by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Tell me about your foster children. I have a little girl [Jailene]. She came to me brand-new out of the [neonatal intensive care unit]. She...

  • Six injured in Maryland boat explosion

    By Rachel Baye | 05/27/13 03:30 PM

    At least six people, including five children, were injured when a boat exploded just before noon Monday near Annapolis. The 32-foot Wellcraft boat was heading into the South River after refueling at the Oak Grove Marine Center in Edgewater, just west of Annapolis, when one of the boat's two...

  • Mother, son killed in Beltway crash

    By Rachel Baye | 05/27/13 01:40 PM

    A 14-year-old boy and his mother were killed in a car crash on the Capital Beltway early Monday morning, Maryland State Police reported. Just before 1 a.m., 39-year-old Toykia Kenya Keys and her son, Kamany Love, were traveling north on the outer loop of the Beltway when their Kia Rio...

  • Three men targeted in Capitol Heights shooting, police say

    By Rachel Baye | 05/27/13 11:35 AM

    Three men were shot, including one high school student, after leaving a birthday party at a Capitol Heights nightclub early Sunday morning, police reported. Prince George's County Police say they believe the victims -- two adults and one juvenile, a student at Charles Flowers High School --...

  • Veterans descend on D.C. to honor and remember

    By Rachel Baye | 05/25/13 08:50 PM

    Washington's memorial sites are packed this weekend as veterans and their families pay their respects to those who gave their lives for their country. Many veterans visited multiple memorials, some acknowledging the risks others faced while they were spared. "I was one of the fortunate...

  • Prince George's County police identify suspected car thief

    By Rachel Baye | 05/25/13 07:10 PM

    Prince George's County Police on Saturday have identified the second of two suspects in an armed carjacking that occured earlier this week. Police believe 20-year-old Christopher DeWayne Barnes, of the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, collaborated with 17-year-old Malik...


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