Education
15 hours 44 min ago
The District began an initiative Thursday to clamp down on the 20 percent of District students who are "chronically truant," skipping class at least 15 times each year.
Recent Education News
14 hours 52 min ago
Thirty-five District classrooms are being investigated for possible cheating on last spring's standardized tests, nearly double the number of classes investigated in 2010, school officials said Thursday.
1 day 16 hours ago
D.C. only 'state' to see drop over 10 years
1 day 17 hours ago
Charter school representatives seized the opportunity Wednesday to tout their performance against D.C. Public Schools, just weeks after a city report was released that favored the public-private institutions.
2 days 14 hours ago
The next Tim Tebow could be somewhere in Virginia. But under current laws that next great NFL quarterback could go undiscovered -- or so say Virginia Republicans.
2 days 14 hours ago
Montgomery County Superintendent Joshua Starr called fliers sent home with students that said homosexuality is a choice that can be changed "reprehensible and deplorable."
4 days 13 hours ago
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown is planning to introduce legislation that would force low-income parents receiving financial assistance from the city to attend their children's parent-teacher conferences and PTA meetings.
5 days 13 hours ago
Montgomery County teachers, parents and students converged on Saturday to try to figure out why bullying remains such a persistent problem in the public school system.
1 week 13 hours ago
An elementary school student who said she was molested by a male visitor had been told by Ketcham Elementary School employees to escort the man through the building, according to police.
1 week 1 day ago
Parents, students and school officials voiced their support for legislation that would keep District schools open after-hours to provide medical services and learning opportunities to the surrounding low-income communities.
1 week 1 day ago
A Northeast Washington school will plead its case Thursday evening as the DC Public Charter School Board decides whether to close the campus because of poor academic performance.
