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Proposal would let D.C. charter schools favor neighborhood kids
Rachel Baye
Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Students who live near a top-performing charter school would have greater odds at winning a seat in the school's lottery under a bill introduced in the D.C. Council Tuesday. Present law requires D.C. public charter schools to open enrollment to all students in the District through a lottery...
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Effort to hold back poorly-reading D.C. third-graders stalls
Alan Blinder
Published: Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Confronted with unflinching and potent opposition, a D.C. councilman on Tuesday abandoned his "emergency" effort to require the city's third-grade students to prove their reading skills before they could move on to the fourth grade. "We have a crisis in the city," at-large Councilman Vincent...
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Fairfax County teachers say new evaluations are excessive
Rachel Baye
Published: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Fairfax County school leaders are taking a second look at a new teacher evaluation system after teachers said it is overly burdensome. Roughly a quarter of teachers spend at least three hours a week preparing for their evaluations, according to a survey whose results were reviewed at a school...
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Controversial Brickyard Road site considered for Potomac Elementary
Rachel Baye
Updated: Sun, Apr 7, 2013
Montgomery County school officials are eyeing a former Potomac farm, where neighbors beat back a proposal to build soccer fields, as the new home for Potomac Elementary School. The school system is studying the feasibility of the move to the site on Brickyard Road as part of its plans to...
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D.C. schools brace for population boom
Rachel Baye
Updated: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
City needs space for 33,000 youngsters over next five years Correction: This article has been modified to reflect that the District has 127,777 residents 19 and younger. The District is seeing a boom in its population of children younger than 5, prompting local education experts to question...
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Prince George's County schools overhaul gets preliminary approval in state senate
Matt Connolly
Published: Thu, Apr 4, 2013
The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to legislation that would allow Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker to take greater control over the county's school system. While Baker had originally asked for full control over the system's $1.7 billion budget along with the...
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Ex-Fairfax elementary teacher guilty of child porn
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, Apr 4, 2013
A former Fairfax County elementary school teacher was convicted Thursday on child pornography charges. Robert Fenn, 27, who taught special education at Popular Tree Elementary School in Chantilly and gave private music lessons to children in their homes, faces five to 30 years in prison,...
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Birth boom driven by real estate costs, crime rates
Rachel Baye
Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
The District has been experiencing a boom in births over the last decade thanks to a combination of dropping crime, a renewed interest in urban living and changing housing prices. The number of babies born in the District each year rose from roughly 7,500 in 2002 and 2003 to slightly more than...
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Prince George's state senators pass watered down school reform bill
Matt Connolly
Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
State senators from Prince George's County approved a bill giving County Executive Rushern Baker more control over the county school system, though the proposal is a far cry from Baker's original takeover plans. Under the bill, the system's $1.7 billion in funding would remain in the hands of...
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Student arrested for bringing gun to Maryland high school, police say
Rachel Baye
Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013
A 15-year-old sophomore at Glen Burnie High School was arrested Tuesday after a loaded .22-caliber handgun was found in his backpack, authorities said. The student was charged as a juvenile with a weapons violation and taken to the Cheltenham Youth Facility in Prince George's County, according...
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