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  • D.C. schools try to shrink number of special education students

    By Rachel Baye | 05/15/13 05:35 PM

    DC Public Schools officials are trying to cut down on the number of students being diagnosed with disabilities and enrolled in special education programs. The effort is part of the school system and the city's goal of reducing the number of public school students attending "nonpublic schools,"...

  • High school keeps AP scores after cellphone video

    By Rachel Baye | 05/14/13 07:00 PM

    Students at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg will get to keep their Advance Placement psychology exam scores, despite one student shooting a cellphone video at the testing site just before the exam started, officials said Tuesday. The video, which was posted to Twitter on May 6,...

  • Polk Elementary in Alexandria evacuated after water main break

    By Rachel Baye | 05/14/13 01:25 PM

    Polk Elementary School students were evacuated and sent about a half mile away to Patrick Henry Elementary School after a water main break in Alexandria Tuesday morning. The water main break on North Pickett Street required Alexandria City Public Schools to shut off the water at Polk...

  • Fairfax County school leaders consider scaling back discipline policy

    By Rachel Baye | 05/10/13 07:50 PM

    A student in a Fairfax County public school caught for the first time with marijuana would not be automatically expelled, under a new disciplinary policy the school board is scheduled to consider Monday. The current policy recommends expelling a student caught for the first time with marijuana...

  • Jonetta Rose Barras: At last, D.C. Council finds its voice for education reform

    By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/10/13 06:45 AM

    The D.C.Council, through David Catania's leadership, began this week to find its education reform voice. It sent an unequivocal message to Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and others about the standard it expects. Further, it redirected taxpayers' money to programs...

  • Terry McAuliffe proposes more money for teachers, pre-K

    By Steve Contorno | 05/09/13 08:40 PM

    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...

  • Lawmakers cut $16m from Malcolm X renovation

    By Rachel Baye | 05/09/13 07:25 PM

    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...

  • DCPS school closings face challenge

    By Rachel Baye | 05/09/13 07:25 PM

    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...

  • Fairfax County teachers' raise cut in half

    By Rachel Baye | 05/08/13 05:25 PM

    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...

  • Fairfax County schools superintendent Dale hospitalized

    By Rachel Baye | 05/08/13 11:40 AM

    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...


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