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Education union pitches 'bar exam' for new teachers
12/3/12 7:45 PM
The American Federation of Teachers called for a tough new written test to be complimented by stricter entrance requirements for teacher training programs, such as a minimum grade point average.
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Montgomery County superintendent visits classrooms
11/29/12 7:13 PM
Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr isn't the type to sit back and make decisions from his desk. Instead, he's hitting the ground for a better perspective on the schools he oversees.
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"Great Fire" of 1912 commemorated at University of Maryland
11/29/12 9:31 AM
One hundred years after the "Great Fire" of 1912 broke out on the University of Maryland campus - then known as the Maryland Agriculatural College - the school is making sure their students never forget this historical event.
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Loudoun County elementary students return to school after principal struck, killed
11/26/12 1:05 PM
Kathleen Hwang, 60, was the principal at Sanders Corner. Students and neighbors spoke about about the loss Friday.
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VA's 'Veteran Crisis Hotline'
11/19/12 2:45 PM
Moseley Brown interview November 16, 2012
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Howard County schools apologize for past segregation
11/16/12 2:03 PM
The Baltimore Sun reports that Howard County school board members read from a proclamation Thursday expressing "profound regret" for segregation and for its treatment of black students.
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U.S. News explains George Washington's unranking
11/16/12 10:38 AM
U.S. News & World Report is explaining why it "unranked" George Washington University in its listing of Best Colleges when other schools that misreported data kept their rankings.
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U.S. News unranks GWU for overstated data
11/15/12 6:17 PM
U.S. News says the school will have an "unranked" status until the publication of its 2014 edition of "Best Colleges" and until the school confirms the accuracy of its data.
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Coolidge principal turns herself in to police
11/15/12 12:54 PM
Thelma Jarrett, the principal of Coolidge High School who is accused of ordering and participating in an assault on a former staff member, has turned herself in to police.
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Schools nation-wide to add time to school year
12/3/12 3:43 PM
Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer.
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Report: Virginia students perform better on SAT, ACT than national average
11/29/12 11:19 AM
According to a new report, 93 percent of Virginia's 1,836 public schools are fully accredited. The on-time graduate rate has increased by 7.2 percent in four years. The dropout rate fell to 6.5 percent for the Class of 2012.
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Francis-Stevens parents fight against school closure
11/27/12 5:30 PM
The school is tucked away in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. It’s where Amy Carter went to school when her father was president in the 1970’s.
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UDC asking city for $4 million to layoff employees
11/26/12 5:13 AM
The University of the District of Columbia wants $4 million from the city to help it pay for the severance packages of dozens of professors and staff members it wants to lay off.
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D.C. schools slated for closure won grants
11/19/12 7:16 AM
Half of the District of Columbia public schools slated to close were recently awarded grants for their creative plans to improve test scores with funds totaling more than $1 million.
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Are Virginia's public universities following federal law?
11/16/12 1:42 PM
Claire Gastanaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, said Friday that students in Virginia deserve to know if their schools comply with federal law.
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Va. Tech, UVa. alumni face-off in USO book challenge
11/16/12 10:29 AM
In the D.C. region, alumni from Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are teaming up to see which school can collect the most books for the USO's United Through Reading program.
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Parents protest slated D.C. school closures
11/15/12 6:01 PM
On the first of two days of hearings in the D.C. council about closing 20 schools, witnesses against the plan came by the dozens. Meanwhile, outside schools targeted for closing, like Ferebee Hope in Southeast, they protested.
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Spokesman: Texas A&M receiver found overnight
11/15/12 8:43 AM
Texas A&M police say freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson is was found safe overnight after going missing earlier this week.
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