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DCPS changes policies to prevent cheating on tests
4/18/13 6:00 PM
There were heated exchanges Thursday on the hot button issue of cheating on standardized testing in D.C. public schools.
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Chancellor addresses DCPS cheating scandal, declining enrollment
4/16/13 7:05 PM
The head of D.C. Public Schools speaks with ABC7 News as she prepares to go face-to-face with City Council to address a string of stinging news headlines, including allegations of students cheating on tests and a tightened budget among falling enrollment.
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Local schools tapped by Post as 'most challenging'
4/15/13 8:52 AM
Eight D.C.-area high schools have been ranked in the top 100 of this year's Washington Post list of most challenging high schools and secondary schools in the United States.
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Jonathan Winters dies at age 87
4/12/13 2:22 PM
Comedian Jonathan Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, has died at age 87.
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Doctor withdraws as Hopkins commencement speaker after controversial comments
4/11/13 10:51 AM
A Baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon who made derogatory comments about gay marriage has withdrawn as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
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Major c-h-a-n-g-e coming for National Spelling Bee
4/9/13 1:18 PM
Seismic change is coming for the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee - for the first time in the competition's 86-year history, participants will not only have to know how to spell words, they'll also have to know what time of them mean.
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Baker on PG School reform; Obama budget draws fire; Masters week
4/8/13 4:30 PM
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Rand Paul to speak at Howard University
4/8/13 12:27 PM
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is scheduled to speak on Wednesday at Howard University.
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Get your 'Mrs.' degree and find a husband, Princeton alum advises
4/1/13 5:57 PM
Susan Patton, a Princeton alumna, is advising female students to work on snagging a husband, as well as a degree during their time at the university.
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Mogo student assaults officer, shocked wth stun gun
4/18/13 4:21 PM
A 9th grader at a Silver Spring high school was shocked with a stun gun Thursday morning after she refused to return to her class and went after a school officer, officials say.
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St. Mary's College to freeze in-state tuition
4/15/13 10:51 AM
Maryland lawmakers recently voted unanimously to give St. Mary’s an extra $800,000 for the 2013-2014 academic year. That money will replace money the school would have collected from higher tuition.
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Catania rules out reinvestigation of test cheating
4/14/13 9:14 PM
The chairman of the D.C. Council's education committee says he does not plan to reinvestigate allegations of widespread standardized test cheating in D.C. schools, but will instead focus on improving the integrity of future tests.
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Report: D.C. cheating scandal more wide than thought
4/12/13 11:01 AM
D.C. school officials have long maintained that its cheating scandal was limited to just one school, but the USA Today report indicates that dozens of schools citywide changed answers on standardized tests.
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Proposed cell towers causes uproar in MoGo
4/9/13 6:12 PM
Representatives from Sprint will be at Forest Oak Middle School to propose the building of a cell phone tower.
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Virginia State U. SGA president faces hazing charges
4/9/13 11:55 AM
The president of the student government association at Virginia State University has been charged with hazing.
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Baker calls final schools bill a 'good compromise'
4/8/13 3:48 PM
As a bill that will give Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker control over his county's school system moves to Gov. Martin O'Malley for his signature, he says that the measure is a "good compromise."
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Governor McDonnell calls on leaders to focus on school safety
4/2/13 6:20 PM
A task force appointed by Governor Bob McDonnell has unveiled its own recommendations for school safety in Virginia.

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Loudoun holds drill for armed school intruder
4/1/13 10:38 AM
A security drill drill is scheduled to run from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Officials say the area around Loudoun Valley High School will be sealed to the public during the drill, and residents should avoid the area.
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