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Sign up to stay connected Get the top stories of the day around the DMV. On the evening of Jan. 17, the D.C. State Board of Education (DCSBOE) voted to pass the “Green New Deal for Schools,” a resolut

By now, most everyone with a stake in children’s literacy has heard of evidence-based reading instruction. And if asked what the term means, chances are strong that phonics and its use in teaching wor

A data breach that affected school software company Raptor Technologies may have left some Northern Virginia school systems’ information vulnerable. Arlington Public Schools, for one, uses the company

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In the words of Chesterfield area Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner, no one really understands how Virginia’s school districts are funded. “You could ask all 100 delegates and 40 senators and not one

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Virginia is spending hundreds of millions of state dollars to help school districts launch high-intensity tutoring for students who performed poorly on state assessments last year. Gov. Glenn Youngkin

Virginia school districts receive less funding per student than most neighboring states due to a complex and unreasonable funding formula that should be overhauled, according to a state report release

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2023 was the year of AI for K-12 education. Artificial intelligence and its use had been gradually gathering momentum for years, but when ChatGPT arrived, AI suddenly became easily accessible to every

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Allison Silberberg, the mayor of Alexandria, kicked off her reelection campaign one day this past February at Los Tios Grill, a restaurant in the city’s Del Ray neighborhood. Signs called her “The Peo

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December 20, 2023 Governor’s budget proposal falls short of meeting community needs, prioritizes the wealthy Home Newsroom Governor’s budget proposal falls… Ashley C. Kenneth, President and CEO of The

1. Introduction An effective and equitable education system can be viewed as a form of social insurance against a poor birth endowment—even in the face of considerable obstacles, access to effective s

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Guest Essay By Adam Grant Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This essay is adapted from his new book, “Hidden Potential.” Which country has the best education system? Since 2000, every three years,…

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Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education Two students in a combined second- and third-grade class read together. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education Two students in a combined second-

By To understand the current state of the teacher labor market, you have to be able to hold two competing narratives in your head. On one hand, teacher turnover hit new highs across the U.S., morale i