Education
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Program aims to bolster students' character, academics
Children in a local program are getting up early on Saturday to go to school, all to help them map out a more successful future.
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PNC to extend early childhood education program
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Elmo and Cookie Monster from "Sesame Street" will be in the nation's capital to help PNC announce an extension of its early childhood education program.
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Study: Up to 12 percent of DC high school students attempted suicide
CommentAccording to figures released by the D.C. office of state superintendent, up to 12 percent of high schoolers have attempted suicide over the past year.
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Obama: Education agenda helps students, jobless
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President Barack Obama says changing education policy and spending billions to upgrade schools and keep teachers on the job is the right thing to do.
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Obama: Education reform aimed at raising standards
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President Barack Obama is giving states the flexibility to opt out of the No Child Left Behind education law.
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Montgomery County students named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists
CommentMontgomery County Public Schools announced that 170 of their students have earned 2012 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist status.
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Pr. George's corrections officials to give free school supplies
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Students at an elementary school in Prince George's County are getting school supplies courtesy of county corrections officials.
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Start dates for local schools
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Find out when schools start again in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.
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D.C. celebrates the new school year
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In D.C., the new school year is being celebrated with a big block party of sorts.
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It's back to school time for parents, kids
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It's back to school time. Parents are preparing and stocking up on supplies as hundreds of thousands of area kids get ready to return to the classrooms.
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Vandals hit Prince William schools
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At least seven schools in Prince William County have been vandalized recently.
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Staggered start for Anne Arundel County schools
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For most students in Anne Arundel County, classes will begin on Tuesday, August 23.
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Parents bound for court in Md. school dispute
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Just two days before classes begin, some parents in western Maryland are asking a court to block their children's transfer from schools in Hancock to Cumberland.
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Back to School 2011: Public school students head back to class
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Today is the first day of school for public students in D.C. and Prince George’s County.
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Vincent Gray hires consultant for D.C. schools study
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An Illinois company with close ties to the charter school movement has been commissioned by the Gray administration to study public education in the District of Columbia.
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D.C. police chief to attend back-to-school jam
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District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier is welcoming children back to school.
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Harris' Heroes: Erin Cribbs teaches students to be entrepreneurs
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For some kids, a special teacher can be life changing. Erin Cribbs is one of those teachers.
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50 best colleges in U.S. Did your alma mater make it?
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Yet another college rankings list has been created. See if your school made the cut.
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