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Antietam field trip cancelled by school board
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A group of middle school students in Washington County won't be taking their annual trip to Antietam Recreation this spring after because some parents have complained about the "spiritual nature" of one of the presentations.
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DCPS: Cheating on standardized tests to be stopped
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There were heated exchanges Thursday on the hot button issue of cheating on standardized testing in D.C. public schools.
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McDonnell proposes teachers get 2 percent raise conditioned on tougher standards
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing 2 percent pay raises for public school teachers conditioned on more strenuous teacher assessment standards and a longer probationary period for new hires.
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D.C. school enrollment highest in decade
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The raw numbers must be audited by an independent firm. But they appear to show that the District is gaining students again after losing students for decades.
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D.C. Public Schools teachers get performance raises
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Some D.C. schools have too many students and others are nearly empty. To help balance this out, under a new teacher pay initiative, high-performing teachers in low-income schools will be rewarded.
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McDonnell to outline goals for Va. public schools
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Gov. Bob McDonnell plans to outline his legislative goals for Virginia's public schools.
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Maryland homeless student rate jumps 66 percent over four years
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Over the past four years, the state says that the number of homeless public school students has risen by nearly two-thirds. Nearly 14,000 students in Maryland are homeless.
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Schools turn to 4-day weeks to trim budgets
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An increasing number of public school are eliminating an entire school day each week to help make dramatic cuts.
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