Schools
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Norman Hardy arrested in Md. school, allegedly had knives
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Anne Arundel County police have charged a man with weapons offenses after they say he was found in a high school with three knives in his backpack.
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Prince George's County Schools Takeover Hearing; Immigration Reform; Rock Creek Park Deer Hunt
Comment4/2/13
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Arlington County schools seek larger tax increase
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Arlington County school officials are urging the county to raise taxes even higher than planned to help pay for an expected surge in enrollment.
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Atlanta school cheating scandal, defendants surrender
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The first of more than 30 defendants expected to surrender Tuesday in Atlanta's school cheating scandal have turned themselves in to authorities.
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Rushern Baker to hold town hall about school takeover plan
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker will take his plan to take over the county's school system to the people Tuesday.
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Friendship Charter School student accused of sex abuse pleads guilty
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A 17-year-old who was arrested and is accused of raping a classmate inside Friendship Charter School in Northeast D.C. has pleaded guilty
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Hug ban proposed for St. Mary's County Public Schools
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The St. Mary's County Public Schools system has been discussing ways to keep their youngest students safe. Some of the proposals being discussed ban visitors from bringing homemade food or offering hugs to anyone but their own children.
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Baker Seeks Control of Schools; MD Death Penalty Repeal; NCAA Tournament Preview
Comment3/18/2013
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D.C. Public Charter School Board urges end to 'zero tolerance'
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The D.C. Public Charter School Board is urging charter schools to eliminate their "zero tolerance" disciplinary policies to help reduce the number of students being expelled.
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D.C. area high schools to eye later start time
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School systems in the Washington area are looking at later high school start times.
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Septima Clark Public Charter School to close
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The D.C. Public Charter School Board decided Monday to close Septima Clark Public Charter School.
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School security technology and metro emergency plans
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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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Minnieville Elementary School student has disciplinary record erased
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An 8-year-old Prince William County boy who pointed his finger like a gun has had his school disciplinary records wiped clean.
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Barbara Campbell, former D.C. principal, sued for tuition fraud
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A former D.C. school principal and her family are being sued by the city for allowing her great-grandson, who lived outside the District, to attend her school for free, a spokesperson for the Attorney General says.
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Catania focuses on DCPS; Gov. Bob McDonnell
Comment2/11/2013
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Va. Senate panel advances 3 school safety bills
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Three school safety bills introduced in response to the December mass shooting at a Connecticut school cleared a Virginia Senate committee Monday, but critics questioned whether the measures would have any real impact.
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New study about students engagement in school
CommentAuthor and education expert Ann Dolin and Stu Gibson, who was an elected member of the Fairfax County School Board for 16 years, talked to Melanie about the dramatic decline in students being engaged in school with each passing year
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Michelle Rhee defends firing teachers, principals on This Week
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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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