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| D.C. principal under investigation for allegedly doctoring student transcripts |
(Tue, 22 Mar 2011)
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The principal of the District's leading technology high school is under investigation for allegedly doctoring student transcripts, school officials said Tuesday.
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| 64 senators seek presidential leadership on debt reduction |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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A group of 64 offers support for serious action on reducing the national debt.
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| Freedom for Thomas Haynesworth |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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Now Virginia needs to offer the wrongly convicted man total exoneration.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Egypt's referendum is a step toward democracy |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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There is worry about what's ahead, but the vote may have been the fairest in its history.
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| Mr. Obama hasn't overstepped on Libya |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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Mr. Obama hasn't overstepped on Libya, but he could do more to clarify the U.S. mission.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Montgomery County school board reclaims farmland - to build soccer fields |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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Hawks used to look out to watch over for this piece of farmland for trouble. Soon, it will be parents and umpires monitoring kids pounding cleats on the land Nick Maravell once tilled. The change in land use tells a more complex story about school development, particularly at a time when open space
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Author: Robert Samuels |
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| Montgomery County school board reclaims farmland - to build soccer fields |
(Sun, 20 Mar 2011)
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Hawks used to look out to watch over for this piece of farmland for trouble. Soon, it will be parents and umpires monitoring kids pounding cleats on the land Nick Maravell once tilled. The change in land use tells a more complex story about school development, particularly at a time when open space
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Author: Robert Samuels |
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| Asking military retirees to pay a bit more for health care is reasonable |
(Sun, 20 Mar 2011)
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"SIMPLY UNSUSTAINABLE." That is Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's assessment of the spiraling cost of the health-care system for military personnel, retirees and their families. Mr. Gates is correct - and he is correct to press for modest increases in premiums paid by those covered by the system,...
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| Competing visions for reviewing Guantanamo |
(Sun, 20 Mar 2011)
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JUST DAYS after President Obama issued an executive order to govern long-term detentions at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Republican members of the House and Senate shot back by offering their own, strikingly different proposals.
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| As Thomas Jefferson adds help for poor English skills, some Va. parents fume |
(Sun, 20 Mar 2011)
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Fairfax school board member: "How can they not know the language and still get into [Thomas Jefferson]?" The Va. magnet school has added an English as a second language instructor.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
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| Fairfax schools' discipline policies up for review; parents seek more leniency |
(Tue, 22 Mar 2011)
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Meeting was the first seeking public comment on discipline-related issues since the suicide of 15-year-old Nick Stuban, a well-liked football player at W.T. Woodson High School.
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Author: Donna St. George |
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| Congress plunges into D.C. politics and ethics |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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The District brought this on itself, but a House probe seems hasty when D.C. officials are trying to investigate.
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| The E.U. balances politics with fiscal responsibility |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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The bonds of the European Union are tested as wealthier nations come to the aid of smaller, struggling states.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Baltimore charter school agreement eases KIPP's way |
(Mon, 21 Mar 2011)
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Better, but not better enough, for schools in Maryland.
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| Act III for former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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It's puzzling why a twice-fallen president would come home only two days before a big election.
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Author: Editorial |
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| U.S.-backed measures may boost Libyan opposition |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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President Obama is right to support 'all necessary measures' against Gaddafi.
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| Evaluating teachers is a delicate conversation |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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A rare glimpse into a public school teacher's performance evaluation, the hypersensitive center of an education reform movement that aims to improve how teachers do their jobs.
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Author: Stephanie McCrummen |
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| Evaluating teachers is a delicate conversation |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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A rare glimpse into a public school teacher's performance evaluation, the hypersensitive center of an education reform movement that aims to improve how teachers do their jobs.
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Author: Stephanie McCrummen |
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| D.C. elementary students sickened by cocaine |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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A D.C. elementary school student was charged with possession of a controlled substance after being accused of taking cocaine to school and sharing it with four classmates who were hospitalized after ingesting it.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: D.C. |
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| President Obama's timid words on gun reform |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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The president shouldn't be afraid of the sensible measures he endorsed as a candidate.
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Author: Editorial |
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| UDC president deserves a fair shake |
(Fri, 18 Mar 2011)
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The UDC president's record entitles him to a fair hearing.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Facing budget cuts, Pr. George's county risks losing busing to its best programs |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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They find themselves in the center of a larger debate during a period of dwindling resources and shifting priorities.
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Author: Robert Samuels |
Category: Facing |
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| District investigates special-ed school |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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D.C. officials are looking into a range of problems at a Northwest private school for special needs students that has collected more than $16 million in tuition over the last two years.
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Author: Bill Turque |
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| Abduction charges dropped against George Mason student in library dispute |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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George Mason University officials said Wednesday that charges have been dropped against Abdirashid Dahir, the senior who was charged with felony abduction after allegedly locking a fellow student in a library study room.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| D.C. probes special-ed school Rock Creek Academy |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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D.C. officials are looking into a range of problems at a Northwest private school for special needs students that has collected more than $16 million in tuition over the last two years.
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Author: Bill Turque |
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| In Jack Johnson's shadow |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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Did Prince George's officials bend personnel rules for the county executive's son?
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Author: Editorial |
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| In D.C.'s Parkside-Kenilworth Community, a promise of change |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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A new effort focuses on children to break the pattern of poverty in a D.C. neighborhood.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Too soon to write off nuclear power |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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Despite Japan's disaster, atomic energy can't be writtenoff.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Abduction charges dropped against George Mason student in library dispute |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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George Mason University officials said Wednesday that charges have been dropped against Abdirashid Dahir, the senior who was charged with felony abduction after allegedly locking a fellow student in a library study room.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| Feds end probe of college gender bias |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights ends an inquiry into gender bias at colleges after members question the quality of data collected.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| On college campuses, a gender gap in student government |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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Women have now outpaced men on key measures of college success: More enroll, more graduate and they earn higher grades. Yet on many campuses, student government is dominated by men.
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Author: Jenna Johnson |
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| Study: Manassas Park and Calvert County have most efficient schools in D.C. area |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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The Center for American Progress' new analysis of spending patterns and test scores in school systems nationwide found a surprising result: Manassas Park and Calvert County have the most efficient schools in the Washington area.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
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| Fairfax County school board to review discipline policies |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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School board members in Fairfax County agreed Thursday night to review discipline policies in a move that some hope will lead to change in the aftermath of a recent teen suicide .
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Author: Donna St. George |
Category: Fairfax |
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| Children of diplomats displaced by strife often caught between two worlds |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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American diplomats, aid workers and their families - evacuated from countries in turmoil - seek shelter in a nondescript apartment building in Falls Church, Va.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
Category: Children |
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| Gray 'comfortable' with search for schools chief, despite narrow focus |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray's search has focused on one person: Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: Gray |
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| Spat over study room leads to George Mason student's arrest |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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A student has been charged with felony abduction after an argument over a library study room.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
Category: Spat |
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| Spat over study room leads to George Mason student's arrest |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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A student has been charged with felony abduction after an argument over a library study room.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| In Maryland, a renewed chance for a bag tax |
(Tue, 15 Mar 2011)
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MARYLAND'S BID to impose a nickel fee on paper and plastic bags fell victim last year to election-year jitters. Lawmakers didn't want to go near anything that had a whiff of a tax increase. But sponsors of a bag tax, buoyed by the success of the District's effort and by important support from Gov....
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Author: Editorial |
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| Pfc. Bradley Manning doesn't deserve humiliating treatment |
(Tue, 15 Mar 2011)
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IF THE ALLEGATIONS are true, Pfc. Bradley Manning facilitated a damaging breach of national security by funneling thousands of classified documents to the rogue Web site WikiLeaks. But even if so, Mr. Manning does not appear to deserve the treatment he has been receiving at the military brig in...
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Author: Editorial |
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| The United States watches as Moammar Gaddafi gains |
(Tue, 15 Mar 2011)
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A counterrevolution gains strength across the Middle East.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Obama: Rewrite No Child law before next school year |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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President Obama asked Congress on Monday to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law by fall, escalating the urgency of his campaign to overhaul public education.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: Obama: |
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| In aftermath of student's suicide, Fairfax board examines discipline practices |
(Tue, 15 Mar 2011)
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The Fairfax County School Board began a comprehensive review of its discipline policies in the aftermath of a suicide of a 15-year-old student.
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Author: Donna St. George |
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| In D.C., the 'shady deals' that weren't |
(Tue, 15 Mar 2011)
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A THEME OF Vincent C. Gray's successful mayoral campaign last year was his questioning of his opponent's integrity. Exhibit A in his argument that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) ran a suspect administration was the awarding of contracts for park and recreation projects to firms with ties to the mayor....
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| A foreclosure settlement plan might make matters worse |
(Mon, 14 Mar 2011)
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THE NATION'S mortgage companies have engaged in questionable practices - or worse - regarding loan modifications and foreclosures. Even now the banks have not entirely conquered the scandal that erupted last fall over alleged widespread errors, procedural irregularities and outright misrepresenta...
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Author: Editorial |
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| Lessons from loss in Maryland's gay-marriage battle |
(Mon, 14 Mar 2011)
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THE FAILURE of the same-sex marriage bill in Annapolis is a bitter defeat for advocates, who had hoped Maryland would become the sixth state, not counting the District, to enact such legislation. It's also a useful reminder, if one were needed, that despite the ongoing revolution of attitudes tow...
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Author: Editorial |
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| In D.C., the 'shady deals' that weren't |
(Mon, 14 Mar 2011)
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Allegations against Mayor Fenty turn out to be baseless.
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Author: Editorial |
Category: In |
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| In aftermath of student's suicide, Fairfax board examines discipline practices |
(Mon, 14 Mar 2011)
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The Fairfax County School Board began a comprehensive review of its discipline policies in the aftermath of a suicide of a 15-year-old student.
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Author: Donna St. George |
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| Obama: Rewrite No Child law before next school year |
(Wed, 16 Mar 2011)
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President Obama asked Congress on Monday to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law by fall, escalating the urgency of his campaign to overhaul public education.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: Obama: |
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| ROTC's return |
(Sun, 13 Mar 2011)
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IN NOVEMBER, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly stood before an audience in St. Louis and spoke from the heart about the disconnect between the lives and experiences of members of the U.S. military - and those of the civilians they are defending. The armed forces are at war and have been for a d...
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Author: Editorial |
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| Let all Maryland students dream |
(Sun, 13 Mar 2011)
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THE DISPIRITING national debate over immigration has departed Washington for the time being and alighted mostly in state capitals. In many of them, Republicans have led a charge - mostly unsuccessful - to enact Arizona-style enforcement crackdowns based on the whimsical idea that undocumented imm...
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Author: Editorial |
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| Time to act on free trade |
(Sun, 13 Mar 2011)
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THE POLITICS of free trade have never been easy for President Obama - and they appear to be getting harder. Mr. Obama wants congressional ratification of a tariff-slashing deal with South Korea, revising it recently to meet the objections of the U.S. auto industry and labor unions.
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Author: Editorial |
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| Lego contests put minority students on a mission |
(Sun, 13 Mar 2011)
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A small but growing number of predominantly African American student groups are coming to Lego robotics competitions.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
Category: Lego |
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| U-Va. fraternity pledge hospitalized after soy-sauce dare |
(Sat, 12 Mar 2011)
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A University of Virginia freshman was hospitalized this month after chugging a bottle of soy sauce at the Zeta Psi fraternity house, according to court documents.
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Author: Jenna Johnson |
Category: U-Va. |
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| Facing budget cuts, Pr. George's county risks losing busing to its best programs |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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They find themselves in the center of a larger debate during a period of dwindling resources and shifting priorities.
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Author: Robert Samuels |
Category: Facing |
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| D.C.'s cozy election oversight |
(Sat, 12 Mar 2011)
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INTERIM AT-LARGE D.C. Council member Sekou Biddle (D) is trying to kick a Republican opponent off the ballot for the April 26 special election. The process, dominated by Democrats, has not inspired confidence that the decision will be fair and impartial.
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Author: Post |
Category: D.C.'s |
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| Teenager suspended from Fairfax County school over acne drug |
(Tue, 22 Mar 2011)
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Hayley Russell, 13, violated Fairfax County rules when she brought a prescription acne drug to school. Her discipline experience follows a pattern reported by parents in at least 18 other cases in the county.
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Author: Donna St. George |
Category: Teenager |
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| Most schools could face 'failing' label under No Child Left Behind, Duncan says |
(Thu, 10 Mar 2011)
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More than three-quarters of the nation's public schools could soon be labeled "failing" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Obama administration said Wednesday as it increased efforts to revamp the signature education initiative of President George W. Bush.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: Most |
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| Kaya Henderson nominated D.C. schools chancellor |
(Thu, 17 Mar 2011)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, making a widely anticipated decision official, lifted the "interim" from Kaya Henderson's title Wednesday, naming her to succeed Michelle A. Rhee as D.C. schools chancellor.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: Kaya |
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| Prince George's replaces High Point High principal after attack is shown on YouTube |
(Tue, 08 Mar 2011)
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Prince George's County school officials replaced the principal of High Point High School in Beltsville on Tuesday, days after a video of one of his students being attacked surfaced on the Internet.
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Author: Robert Samuels |
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| Board chairman says UDC may ask President Allen Sessoms to repay some airfare costs |
(Tue, 08 Mar 2011)
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Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia may ask President Allen Sessoms to repay some of the money he spent on first-class airfare, the board chairman told D.C. Council members Tuesday in an occasionally heated oversight hearing on the school.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
Category: Board |
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| Prince George's school fight posted on YouTube frustrates parents, students |
(Mon, 07 Mar 2011)
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When fists started to fly, the students flipped on their camera phones.
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Author: Robert Samuels |
Category: Prince |
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| UDC students stage protest, call for school president's resignation |
(Mon, 07 Mar 2011)
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Student leaders at the University of the District of Columbia called for the resignation of President Allen Sessoms on Monday in a noon protest, alleging that the administrator has spent lavishly on himself while raising tuition and cutting programs at Washington's public university.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| Gray 'comfortable' with search for schools chief, despite narrow focus |
(Tue, 08 Mar 2011)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray, who plans to name a permanent schools chancellor this week, said Monday that he was "comfortable" with a search process that has focused on just one name: Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: Gray |
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| Kaya Henderson reportedly getting some job security |
(Sun, 06 Mar 2011)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray intends to name interim schools leader Kaya Henderson as permanent schools chancellor this week to replace Michelle A. Rhee, according to a source close to the situation.
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Author: Bill Turque |
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| District schools cram for DC CAS tests |
(Sun, 06 Mar 2011)
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Stung by a decline in elementary school reading and math scores on 2010 standardized tests, D.C. officials are raising the intensity of preparations for this year's exams to unprecedented levels.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: District |
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| Jay Mathews: Amid the SAT-obsessed, this family doesn't live by the numbers |
(Sun, 13 Mar 2011)
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The Demarees of Bethesda seem to be a normal American family, but wait. They didn't tell their children what their SAT scores were? They didn't do test prep? They didn't hire tutors? Could they have the answer to America's obsession with college admission?
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Author: Jay Mathews |
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| Computer science programs use mobile apps to make coursework relevant |
(Sun, 13 Mar 2011)
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At Virginia Tech, faculty members are looking for ways to make computer science more relevant and engaging to a generation of college students who do not know life without the Internet. A shift in teaching style often comes from necessity, as most computer science programs struggle to recruit, retai
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Author: Jenna Johnson |
Category: Computer |
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| No evidence mayoral control led to D.C. schools' better test scores, report says |
(Fri, 04 Mar 2011)
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The District has made a good faith effort to implement the 2007 law that placed public schools under mayoral control, but there is no evidence that the change in governance has been a factor in improved standardized test scores, according to the first major independent study of D.C. school reform.
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Author: Bill Turque |
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| Prince George's schools employee accused of watching porn on job |
(Thu, 03 Mar 2011)
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A Prince George's County public school employee is being investigated over allegations that he watched pornographic films on the job, according to a school spokeswoman.
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Author: Robert Samuels |
Category: Prince |
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| Midwest union battles highlight debate over improving schools |
(Thu, 03 Mar 2011)
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Republican faceoff with labor unions in the Midwest and elsewhere marks not just a fight over money and collective bargaining but also a test of wills over how to improve the nation's schools.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: Midwest |
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| Children of diplomats displaced by strife often caught between two worlds |
(Thu, 03 Mar 2011)
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American diplomats, aid workers and their families - evacuated from countries in turmoil - seek shelter in a nondescript apartment building in Falls Church, Va.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
Category: Children |
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| Midwest union battles highlight debate over improving schools |
(Thu, 03 Mar 2011)
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INDIANAPOLIS - The Republican faceoff with labor unions in the Midwest and elsewhere marks not just a fight over money and collective bargaining, but also a test of wills over how to improve the nation's schools.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: Midwest |
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| U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs |
(Tue, 01 Mar 2011)
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Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda, the historic heart of the University of Virginia, is among the most iconic structures in higher education. It's also crumbling, and finding the money to pay for it isn't so simple.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
Category: U-Va. |
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| UDC president's expenses questioned |
(Tue, 01 Mar 2011)
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Expense records for Allen Sessoms, president of the University of the District of Columbia, show a pattern of first-class air travel and thousand-dollar plane tickets over the past two years.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| Education Writers Association honors 2 Post reporters |
(Mon, 28 Feb 2011)
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Bill Turque, a reporter for The Washington Post, has won first prize for print beat reporting in a national contest held by the Education Writers Association.
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| Chestnut Hill, Pa. Catholic college, fires gay part-time professor |
(Sun, 27 Feb 2011)
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PHILADELPHIA -- A Catholic college in Philadelphia says it has fired a part-time professor after learning from a post on his blog that he has been in a same-sex relationship for a decade and a half, which officials called contrary to church teaching.
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Author: AP |
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| Is America's best high school soft on math? |
(Sun, 27 Feb 2011)
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By all accounts, he is one of the best math teachers in the country. The Mathematics Association of America has given him two national awards. He was appointed by the Bush administration to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. For 25 years he has prepared middle-schoolers for the tough admiss...
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Author: Jay Mathews |
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| Study: Manassas Park and Calvert County have most efficient schools in D.C. area |
(Sun, 27 Feb 2011)
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Even when tax revenue is scarce, lawmakers rarely ask a key question before they vote on education budgets: Which public schools produce the most bang for the buck?
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Author: Nick Anderson |
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| Synthetic marijuana widely used at Naval Academy, some midshipmen say |
(Mon, 28 Feb 2011)
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A synthetic form of marijuana is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy because it cannot be detected in routine drug tests, according to several former midshipmen who have been removed from campus for using or possessing the substance.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
Category: Synthetic |
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| Va. African Americans split in battle for school choice |
(Sat, 26 Feb 2011)
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RICHMOND - Latrina Hite cuts up fruit for the children's morning snack at Precious Blessing Academy. She fixes their lunch. She mops bathrooms, bleaches doorknobs to kill germs and helps students with homework in after-school care.
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Author: Fredrick Kunkle |
Category: Va. |
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| Pr. George's school board approves big cuts |
(Fri, 25 Feb 2011)
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The Prince George's County school board approved on Thursday night a gloomy budget that slashes more than 1,300 jobs and increases class sizes, despite the pleas of parents and educators who begged the panel to find another way.
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Author: Robert Samuels |
Category: Pr. |
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| Fairfax County school board to review discipline policies |
(Thu, 24 Feb 2011)
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School board members in Fairfax County agreed Thursday night to review discipline policies in a move that some hope will lead to change in the aftermath of a recent teen suicide.
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Author: Donna St. George |
Category: Fairfax |
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| Arlington school budget proposal includes raises, larger classes |
(Thu, 24 Feb 2011)
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Arlington County Superintendent Patrick K. Murphy proposed a $470 million budget on Thursday that would give employees their first raises in two years but would increase average class sizes in the district.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
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| Ten Commandments' return to Va. school district depends on legal battle's outcome |
(Wed, 23 Feb 2011)
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The School Board in Giles County, Va., voted this week to remove the Ten Commandments from the walls of its public schools after a pair of civil liberty groups announced they were preparing to sue the district.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
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| Pr. George's school board to make cuts to close $155 million budget gap |
(Wed, 23 Feb 2011)
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Debby Wood has been teaching in Prince George's County for 38 years, and if there's one thing she never tires of, it's seeing her first-grade students when they can read a book on their own for the first time.
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Author: Hamil R. Harris |
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| D.C. teachers union, former leader clash over pay |
(Tue, 22 Feb 2011)
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D.C. teachers voted their union president, George Parker, out of office nearly three months ago. But Parker has not returned to the classroom, and a fight has broken out over who should pay the balance of the $96,000 annual teaching salary that a written agreement guarantees him.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: D.C. |
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| Family of Fairfax teen suicide victim wants changes in school disciplinary policies |
(Mon, 21 Feb 2011)
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The family of a Fairfax teenager who took his life as he struggled with the fallout of a high school suspension called for changes in the county's disciplinary policies, in a letter sent Monday to school and county officials.
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Author: Donna St. George |
Category: Family |
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| A University of Virginia student has a bright idea: 'Flash seminars' |
(Sun, 20 Feb 2011)
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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Flash mobs assemble in public spaces to dance, protest or do battle with lightsabers.
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Author: Daniel de Vise |
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| Jay Mathews: Md. teachers' support shows value of civics exam |
(Sun, 20 Feb 2011)
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Teachers, according to many who speak for them, don't like the state tests that have been imposed on them and their students. So what am I to make of the many teachers who are begging Maryland to reverse its decision to cancel the state government test?
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Author: Jay Mathews |
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| Suicide turns attention to Fairfax discipline procedures |
(Sun, 20 Feb 2011)
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Nick Stuban was all about football, a quick-footed linebacker at W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax County who did well in the classroom, too: four As, two Bs and a C for first quarter. His history teacher described the 15-year-old as a "model student," and his German teacher was impressed by hi...
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Author: Donna St. George |
Category: Suicide |
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| Democrats join GOP in voting to block tighter regulation of for-profit schools |
(Fri, 18 Feb 2011)
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Dozens of House Democrats, including the party leader, joined with Republicans Friday in a vote to block an Obama administration plan to tighten federal regulation of trade schools and colleges operated for profit.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: Democrats |
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| D.C. area schools show off reforms at Obama administration conference |
(Sat, 19 Feb 2011)
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A national conference hosted in Denver by the Obama administration gave a rare platform for suburban schools from the Washington area and beyond to show off their projects or join the quest for innovation.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
Category: D.C. |
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| Cafeteria trays vanishing from colleges in effort to save food |
(Thu, 17 Feb 2011)
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Today, when trays are removed from university dining halls, it's more likely by the administration than students in search of a good sled. And perhaps inevitably, on some campuses that has created a backlash.
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Author: Jenna Johnson |
Category: Cafeteria |
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| U.S. funding for D.C. schools tied to reviving scholarship program |
(Wed, 16 Feb 2011)
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U.S. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins sternly told District officials Wednesday Congress would cut funding for city schools if efforts to revive the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program are not successful.
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Author: Tim Craig |
Category: U.S. |
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| Accounting firm hired to help D.C. schools find savings, new money sources |
(Wed, 16 Feb 2011)
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Facing a budget deficit of as much as $600 million for the next fiscal year, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has asked accounting giant Deloitte to analyze the District's public schools budget in search of savings and new sources of money.
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Author: Bill Turque |
Category: Accounting |
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| Fairfax County students no longer have to pay for A.P. tests |
(Wed, 16 Feb 2011)
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Fairfax County schools will no longer require students to pay for Advanced Placement exams, in response to a ruling by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II that called such fees illegal.
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
Category: Fairfax |
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| Ten Commandments in school stirs fight in Va. district |
(Thu, 17 Feb 2011)
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A fight over displaying the Ten Commandments in school appears headed to the courts as residents of Giles County, along Virginia's pious, rugged southwestern border, fight what they call mounting pressure from Washington and Richmond to secularize their public institutions. The district also runs a
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Author: Kevin Sieff |
Category: Ten |
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| School officials, teachers unions scrutinize Obama's divisive education agenda |
(Wed, 16 Feb 2011)
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DENVER - President Obama often professes his desire to shake up public education while also working with teachers unions. But a question hangs over this week's gathering of hundreds of labor leaders and school officials: Can he do both at the same time?
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Author: Nick Anderson |
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| Tax credits for private-school scholarships shot down by Virginia Senate committee |
(Tue, 15 Feb 2011)
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RICHMOND - The Senate Finance Committee, after hearing emotional testimony from students and educators, voted along partisan lines Tuesday to kill a measure that would have given businesses tax credits to fund private-school tuition for needy students.
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Author: Fredrick Kunkle |
Category: Tax |
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| Obama's education budget would spare Pell grants, increase spending 11% overall |
(Mon, 14 Feb 2011)
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President Obama wants a significant jump in education funding to pay for Pell grants for needy college students while also financing his reform agenda for elementary and secondary schools.
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Author: Nick Anderson |
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| The Answer Sheet: Teachers hitting kids? Yes |
(Sun, 13 Feb 2011)
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Most people are rightly horrified about the case of a first-grade teacher at a Silver Spring elementary school who was recently charged with several counts of assault after being accused of choking and/or punching eight young students.
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Author: Valerie Strauss |
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| Rhee's five big missteps |
(Sun, 13 Feb 2011)
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Richard Whitmire's deft and revealing book about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee chronicles a difficult time in the history of the city's schools, when good people fought hard against one another because of sharply contrasting views on how to help our children.
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Author: Jay Mathews |
Category: Rhee's |
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| D.C. schools to use data from teacher evaluation system in new ways |
(Sun, 13 Feb 2011)
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Although the main purpose of the District's new teacher evaluation system is to rate teachers' effectiveness, officials are beginning to use the fresh troves of data it generates for other purposes, such as assessing administrators and determining which universities produce the best- or least-pre...
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Author: Stephanie McCrummen |
Category: D.C. |
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