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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...