Steve Contorno

Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Thursday backed higher pay for teachers and more resources for pre-K programs in an education plan that was part of a weeklong rollout of the agenda he'd pursue if elected. Speaking to a friendly crowd in Arlington, McAuliffe also...

Rachel Baye

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

A panel of D.C. lawmakers on Thursday voted to cut nearly $16 million from a proposed renovation of Malcolm X Elementary School, a move that schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson warned would be "detrimental" to the school's planned partnership with Achievement Preparatory Academy Public Charter...

Rachel Baye

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

A lawsuit scheduled Friday for federal court will determine whether the District can close 15 public schools. The case argues that D.C. Public Schools' plan to close 13 schools in June and two more a year later disproportionately affects minorities, students with disabilities and students from...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Jack Dale is pulling back half of the raise he proposed for teachers after the cash-strapped county Board of Supervisors denied the school system $61.7 million of the $92.4 million budget increase it requested. Elimination of a 1 percent pay raise to keep...

Rachel Baye

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale has been hospitalized for a medical emergency, the school system said Wednesday. Dale, who plans to retire in June, was hospitalized late Tuesday afternoon. By the time of the announcement by School Board Chairman Ilryong Moon Wednesday...

Alan Blinder

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

The D.C. Council backed a $241 million supplemental budget on Tuesday, opening up thousands of additional seats in summer school and funneling millions of dollars into housing initiatives. Lawmakers gave swift approval to the proposal from Mayor Vincent Gray, who submitted the supplemental...

Jonetta Rose Barras

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

That rumbling sound coming from the John A. Wilson Building is D.C. Council members tussling over recommended changes to Mayor Vincent Gray's $12 billion 2014 budget. Committees have begun reducing expenditures or searching for additional funds to address select programs or satisfy demands of...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

The days when asking someone to the prom only required the courage to pick up the phone are gone for students at Magruder High School in Rockville. An invitation to the prom -- or "promposal" -- needs to be attention-grabbing and unique. Magruder senior Michael Pasti faked his own death to...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

Prom for a high school senior is no longer just a dance. It is an event that some say can rival a wedding in cost. With the dress or tuxedo, shoes and other accessories, hair and makeup, a limo, dinner before prom and post-prom activities, the costs can quickly roll into four figures, which is...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

Montgomery County residents are fighting a plan to build a new middle school in a Kensington neighborhood park, and announced they will file an appeal on a recent court ruling clearing the way for the county to destroy the park. John Robinson, president of the Rock Creek Hills Citizens'...