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  • D.C. charter school board to start investigating special education practices

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013

    D.C. charter schools' special education programs will be investigated if the schools appear to discriminate against students with disabilities, under a new policy announced Tuesday. Eleven criteria can trigger an audit under the DC Public Charter School Board's new policy, including whether...

  • Montgomery officials: Private donations to schools lead to inequality

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Mon, Mar 25, 2013

    A group of Montgomery County lawmakers is worried that private donations for scoreboards, gardens and sound systems at public schools are unfair to students whose parents can't raise the same funds. In a letter to School Board President Christopher Barclay, the County Council's Education...

  • 3-Minute Interview: Aspiring astronaut Kamil Stelmach

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

    The 24-year-old George Mason University graduate student, who studies the irradiation chemistry of planetary ices, has been wandering the District dressed like an astronaut. Why are you dressed like an astronaut? There is a competition ... sponsored by [Space Expedition Corp.], which is a...

  • More kids get free lunch in D.C.'s wealthy suburbs

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

    The Washington area's wealthy suburbs have seen a sharp rise in the portion of children receiving free, government-funded lunches over the last several years, an indication of rising poverty levels. In Fairfax County, the second-wealthiest county in the country, nearly 27 percent -- 47,874...

  • D.C. names new deputy mayor for education

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

    D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray appointed education consultant Abigail Smith as the District's new deputy mayor for education, the mayor announced Thursday. A resident of Ward 1, Smith is currently the board chairman at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School. She has previously served as a special...

  • St. Mary's County restricts hugs in elementary schools

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Mon, Mar 18, 2013

    A new rule in St. Mary's County public elementary schools bans an adult from hugging any student other than his or her own son or daughter. The rule is one of several developed in the school system in the wake of recent episodes of school violence. But some critics say the hugging rule has...

  • Students could learn taxi driving, streetcar repair at future Spingarn High School

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sat, Mar 16, 2013

    D.C. students could learn how to be taxi drivers or repair streetcars through programs proposed for Spingarn High School, which is scheduled to be closed as a traditional school in June. These two programs are part of a career and technical education center that DC Public Schools plans for the...

  • Enrollment booming in Montgomery County schools

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Sat, Mar 16, 2013

    Montgomery County Public Schools officials expect enrollment to grow by 10,654 students in the next five years. The growth, scheduled to be the topic of a County Council discussion on Monday, is a 7 percent increase from the school system's current enrollment of 148,779. Next school year...

  • DC Public Charter School Board tries to reduce 'zero tolerance' policies

    Rachel Baye

    Updated: Fri, Mar 15, 2013

    Update: This article has been corrected to reflect that KIPP D.C. last year had 2,632 students across its nine campuses and that 24 percent were suspended or expelled. The DC Public Charter School Board is encouraging charter schools to eliminate their "zero tolerance" discipline policies in...

  • Montgomery County teachers get $45 million in raises under proposal

    Rachel Baye

    Published: Wed, Mar 13, 2013

    Montgomery County Public Schools teachers and staff would receive an additional $45 million over the next two years under a proposed contract with the school system's three unions. Under the proposal, roughly 22,000 teachers, support staff and principals would receive a step increase or, for...


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