Rachel Baye

Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

More than 6,600 Fairfax County students had their statewide Standards of Learning standardized tests rescheduled after an Internet outage on Thursday. The outage affected roughly 42,000 exams, according to Fairfax County Public Schools spokesman John Torre. About a third -- 59 -- of the...

Andy Brownfield

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

A federal audit shows that Prince George's County schools misused nearly $167,000 in stimulus money on things like a microwave oven and minifridge for a school administrator, engraved watches for principals and a legal book on the firing of school employees. The audit by the U.S. Department of...

Rachel Baye

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Students, teachers and parents at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac are mourning the loss of a 16-year-old basketball player who killed himself this week, joining a growing number of youths who commit suicide each year. Suicide accounts for roughly 16 percent of deaths among people...

Matt Connolly

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems with the most students, Montgomery and Prince George's counties placed fourth and ninth.

Kate Jacobson

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker than the rest of the nation. People in the District have on average of about $41,000 in student...

Matt Connolly

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

District Mayor Vincent Gray announced Monday that 16 former public school buildings would be made available for public charters and other community organizations to use.

Rachel Baye

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

A controversial computer-based learning model is competing with eight other proposals to be one of the next charter schools approved for the District. The proposed Nexus Academy of DC, run by a subsidiary of publishing giant Pearson, would offer grades 9 through 12 in Ward 2, eventually...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

A fire occurred at a Fairfax County high school Saturday morning, officials said. About 10:25 a.m. Saturday, firefighters went to George C. Marshall High School, located at 7731 Leesburg Pike in the Dunn Loring area. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the school when they arrived at the scene,...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

Students who finish elementary school fluent in French, Spanish or Chinese could soon have the chance to sharpen their language skills at an International Baccalaureate middle and high school. The proposed District of Columbia International School, or DCI, is the creation of five public...

Matt Connolly

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Maryland's state universities announced that in-state undergraduate tuition would rise by 3 percent, the same amount as the past three years. That means local students at the system's flagship College Park campus will pay $9,161 in tuition and fees next year, up from $8,908 this past year....