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2 hours ago Montgomery County schools recycling unwanted supplies
Parents, remember that list of school supplies that your son and daughter just had to have at the beginning of last school year? You know, that three-ring binder with the Jonas Brothers on the cover -- never used. Those reams of loose leaf paper that were absolutely needed to take notes in class --...



United States - Maryland - Counties - Montgomery - Ohio
2 hours ago D.C. board of education adopts national 'common core' standards for schools
The D.C. State Board of Education on Wednesday adopted new national standards for English and math, joining Maryland and more than two dozen states in a groundbreaking effort to establish common expectations for what students should learn every year from kindergarten through high school.



Education - United States - Board of education - Standards - Organizations
2 hours ago Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings
D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announced Friday that she has fired 241 teachers, including 165 who received poor appraisals under a new evaluation system that for the first time holds some educators accountable for students' standardized test scores.



Education - Teacher - Michelle Rhee - Education reform - Arts
2 hours ago JAY MATHEWS
The weekly Jay Mathews education column is on break for a few weeks. But it'll be back next month when school starts.



JAY MATHEWS - Washington Post - United States - Education - High school
2 hours ago Ruling on Arizona immigration law heightens tensions
In Arizona on Wednesday, police chiefs shifted plans, activists recalibrated and public tensions were generally elevated, rather than calmed, after a federal judge blocked key parts of the state's controversial immigration law from taking effect.



Law - United States - Immigration - Arizona - Services
2 hours ago Study: Working mothers not necessarily harmful to child development
A new study finds that babies raised by working mothers don't necessarily suffer cognitive setbacks, an encouraging finding that follows a raft of previous reports suggesting that women with infants were wiser to stay home.



Parenting - Family - Home - Mothers - Psychology
2 hours ago Report finds fraud in for-profit education firms' recruiting
A new government report on recruiting techniques in the for-profit higher education industry finds instances of college officials urging applicants to invent children and to hide their savings as a way to leverage more federal aid.



For-profit school - Education - Colleges and Universities - United States - Directories
2 hours ago D.C. teachers union accuses Rhee of 'playing loose' with numbers on firings
D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee garnered big local headlines and national attention July 23 when she announced that she had fired 241 teachers, including 165 who received poor evaluations under a tough new assessment system that for the first time held some educators accountable for stud...


2 hours ago Reading and math scores fall sharply at two KIPP schools in District
Reading and math scores fell sharply at two of the three high-performing D.C. charter middle schools operated by the Knowledge Is Power Program, the national network regarded as a model for serving children from low-income backgrounds, according to data released Friday.



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2 hours ago GMU, Towson among 11 schools with no race 'gap' in graduation rate
George Mason University and Towson University are among 11 institutions nationwide with little or no disparity in graduation rates between black and Hispanic students and white students, a study has found.



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2 hours ago Obama principal to create school environment
Standing in a classroom awash in natural light from large windows, Pearl Harmon, principal of Barack Obama Elementary School, rattles off features of the new Upper Marlboro school's environmentally sustainable design.



Barack Obama - President - United States - History - Government
2 hours ago More university students taking advantage of cheaper community college courses
Sean Daly's friends in Potomac spend their summer days planning their summer nights, savoring three months of freedom from the college grind.



Community college - Education - Colleges and Universities - United States - Two-Year Colleges
2 hours ago More Md., Va. students taking ACT for college entrance, data show
An increasing number of Maryland and Virginia high school students are taking the ACT college entrance test in a region where the SAT has long been dominant, according to data released Wednesday.



ACT - Education - United States - Student - High school
2 hours ago U-Va. to scrutinize Virginia Quarterly Review after editor's suicide
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan on Thursday ordered "a thorough review" of the management of the school's acclaimed literary journal, following the suicide of a top editor last month.



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2 hours ago Ready to feel old? Meet the Class of 2014.
An Aug. 17 excerpt from Jenna Johnson's blog on students and newsmakers at colleges nationwide.



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2 hours ago Washington area colleges gain ground in U.S. News rankings
An Aug. 17 excerpt from Daniel de Vise's blog on the business behind higher education.



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2 hours ago Jerry Weast, superintendent of Montgomery schools, to retire in June
Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jerry D. Weast announced Tuesday that he will retire in June, ending an 12-year run and initiating an election-year discussion about the future of one of the country's largest and highest-performing school systems.



United States - Maryland - Counties - Montgomery - Ohio
2 hours ago Montgomery likely to pick superintendent who fits Weast's mold, experts say
Wanted: executive to run 144,000-student school district -- changing demographics, heavy parental involvement. Competitive salary, benefits.



United States - Montgomery - Counties - Maryland - Business
2 hours ago D.C. schools' performance should not be measured by focusing on achievement gap
The D.C. mayoral race is deeply split on most issues, but everyone agrees on one thing: We must reduce the achievement gap between minority and white students. It is too bad, then, that the gap is such a mindless measure of school progress.



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2 hours ago Maryland schools battle with limited funding and space as enrollment grows
More than 200,000 Maryland students streamed back to crowded classrooms Monday as school systems dealt with growth but little money to hire more teachers.



Maryland - United States - Politics - Houston - Greivis Vasquez
2 hours ago Montgomery students get new digs
Jeannie Kauffman and her three children represent two distinct generations of Garrett Park Elementary schoolers. Kauffman attended the school as did her daughter, Ashley, 13, who is now a seventh-grader at Pyle Middle School.



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2 hours ago D.C. school to name hallway in honor of retired custodian
Some men get buildings named after them; others, streets. Ron Hillyer is getting a hallway.



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2 hours ago Transfer of D.C. teacher Erich Martel seems like administrators' revenge
My nominee for most effective whistleblower in the D.C. school system, Erich Martel, has finally gone too far in the eyes of some school administrators.



Teacher - Education - K through 12 - Educators - New and Prospective Teachers
2 hours ago Owner of historic Loudoun hardware store killed with wife and kin in car crash
The owner of Nichols Hardware, a historic family-owned shop in Loudoun County, his wife and one of her relatives were killed in a single-car accident near Front Royal on Sunday afternoon.


Hardware store - United States - Loudoun - Virginia - Counties
2 hours ago How D.C. schools might be affected if Rhee decides to move on
The scenario is familiar in the District and big cities across the country: An ambitious leader is appointed to reform schools. Policies and practices are upended, five-year plans unveiled, a flurry of initiatives launched with high hopes. After two or three years, political pressure from interes...


Education - United States - Michelle Rhee - School district - Korea
17 hours ago Popularity of 'silly bands' has soared along with annoyances
Just about everywhere in the Washington area, you can find little arms adorned with rainbows of squiggly rubber-band bracelets.



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17 hours ago D.C. and Massachusetts to vote on national school standards
School boards in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts are on the verge of adopting national standards for English and math, adding momentum to a movement that in a few months has swept Maryland and two dozen other states.



Massachusetts - United States - Education - Organizations - Standards
17 hours ago William and Mary may be home to oldest standing schoolhouse for black children
WILLIAMSBURG -- At a time when some venerable Southern colleges are finally acknowledging and apologizing for their past ties to slavery, an inquisitive scholar at the College of William and Mary thinks he has made a more inspiring find: the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for African American...



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17 hours ago Despite states' efforts, measures to protect students from predators sometimes fail
For nearly three decades, Kevin Ricks exploited gaps in a system that is supposed to keep sexual predators out of the classroom. He landed teaching jobs at one school after another -- public and private, urban and rural, domestic and foreign -- despite mounting evidence of his troubling personal...



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17 hours ago Md. mother of 2 killed in D.C. storm was happily committed to community, family
Michelle Humanick was ever-present in her College Park neighborhood. Stopping to chat while walking her golden retriever, Rocky BalBubba. Playing with her daughter in the snow. Hosting political events, countless play dates, family-friendly movie nights and a regular poker party with her husband.



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