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President Obama makes push for pre-K for all 4-year-olds
President Barack Obama is promising a "big push" for his proposal to provide pre-K for all 4-year-olds.
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Local teacher uses rap to connect kids with math
Combining his love of rap music and devotion to his students, teacher Ernesto Lara writes and produces his own math rap videos to share in class.
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Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior
Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found.
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No extra credit: Grad student sues school over C+
Getting a lower grade than you wanted for a college class is always cause for concern. For a student in Pennsylvania, it's cause for a $1.3 million lawsuit.
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Jindal, McDonnell tout education reforms
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal helped promote Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's education reform package at a news conference Friday in Richmond.
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Gallaudet University marks 25th anniversary of 'Deaf President Now' protests
Gallaudet University is marking the 25th anniversary of the “Deaf President Now” protests. The grassroots effort was launched by students in 1988, generating national and international headlines and resulting in the university’s first deaf president.
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10-year-old charged after allegedly bringing toy gun to school
A 10-year-old boy is facing criminal charges in Alexandria after he allegedly brought a toy gun on a school bus this week.
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NAACP seeks answers on Frederick college president 's departure
Frederico Talley, the first African-American president of Frederick Community College, left his job after a closed-door meeting with the board of trustees. He hasn't explained his departure, and neither has the board.
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Gallaudet holds memorial service for Snyder-Gardner, daughter
Family, friends, and hundreds of students and faculty gathered at Gallaudet University Sunday to celebrate the lives of Laura Snyder-Gardner, a faculty member, and her daughter Mary Ann, a student, who died in a house fire in Falls Church on Wednesday.
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Does your child's school have the best security?
There's concern that some metro area school districts do not have the optimum technology installed to best help first responders during an emergency. Could they learn a thing or two from schools that are prepared?
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Teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls
Replacing stationary seats with inflatable bouncers has raised productivity in her fifth-graders at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School, making students better able to focus on lessons while improving their balance and core strength, she said.
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Are parents banning toy guns?
They have been a popular toy for generations. But now some parents are choosing to outlaw toy guns in their homes.
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Banning 'Beloved:' Fairfax County Schools won't hear mother's push to ban
“Beloved” is getting no love in Fairfax County. Lake Braddock Secondary School Parent-Teacher-Student Association member, Laura Murphy has been working to get Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” banned from Fairfax County classrooms.
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Teachers engaging tech-savvy students
Today's teachers are making big efforts to better engage their technology-savvy students and give them the skills they need to succeed.
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UDC students not paid for work at aquatics center
The University of the District of Columbia's aquatics center underwent a multi-million dollar renovation to reopen late last year. But some students who worked there were never paid for their work.
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Rhee defends firing D.C. teachers, principals
Former District of Columbia schools chancellor Michelle Rhee says she thinks she did the right thing when she fired teachers and principals. However, Rhee says she should have done it differently.
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Soul Food Guide: From hamhocks to hominy
Chitterlings, hog maw, chow-chow - any idea what these foods are? ABC7 is uncovering the mystery behind soul food staples.
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Bloomberg tops $1B in gifts to Johns Hopkins
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $350 million to alma mater Johns Hopkins University, pushing his lifetime giving to the private Baltimore university past $1 billion, the university said Saturday.
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