High schools bring college to students
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As AP and IB courses proliferate, some schools are taking the next step: bringing in instructors to teach actual university classes.
High School Challenge
The Washington Post’s 2012 High School Challenge rankings are out, and small schools that emphasize academic rigor are rising to the top.
Georgetown, George Washington draw commencement controversies
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Protests against Sebelius, Slim, show universities’ choice of graduation speaker can be fraught with political risks.
Montgomery class lessons multiplying
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Teachers, pressured to better juggle disparate student needs, are finding that customized lessons help.
DCPS steps into blended learning
Kramer Middle School in Southeast D.C., one of the city’s lowest performing schools, will try a new approach to teaching with half of its academic program delivered through on-line courses.
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National Education
How ed policy is hurting early childhood education
A coalition of early childhood experts are speaking out about their growing concerns that new federal education policy is harming early childhood education and care.
A lesson in sticktoitiveness — an amusing commencement speech
Here’s the highly amusing commencement speech that award-winning director Garry Marshall delivered at Lafayette College, explaining the importance of sticking to something you believe in no matter what the obstacles. In Marshall’s case, obstacles included being fired once by a pupplet.
Ravitch: What is NCTQ? (and why you should know)
Education historian Diane Ravitch explains what NCTQ is and why anybody who cares about public education should know what it is and what it is up to.
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Ranking D.C.’s schools
H-B Woodlawn tops the list of D.C. schools best preparing students for college. Where does your school rank?
Hamlet, for the LOL crowd
A Silver Spring teacher has a text-messaging take on Shakespeare — and thoughts on Maryland teens.
Auditioning for teachers
D.C. school officials aim for selectivity by requiring prospective teachers to give tryout lessons.
Spotlight on school discipline
Study unmasks myths about school discipline
Those in charge, not students, have more effect on punishment severity levels.
Arlington offers students ‘Second Chance’
The program offers a substance abuse session for teens caught using marijuana or alcohol.
Fairfax scales back discipline policy following suicide
Nick Stuban’s suicide prompts the School Board to veer away from forced transfers.
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Ocean City’s lifeguards
The Ocean City Beach Patrol’s new recruits must learn to protect one of the region’s busiest beaches.
Flags-in ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
U.S. soldiers placed more than 220,000 small flags at the grave markers in Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday to mark the start of Memorial Day weekend.
A teacher’s summer break
Summer looms large for those coming off nine months of intense concentration on other people’s children.
The National Zoo’s new cheetah cubs
A dramatic rescue saved these two cheetah babies and their distressed mother giving birth.
For plebes, it’s a slippery struggle to the top
At the U.S. Naval Academy, the freshman class attempts to climb the Herndon Monument.
Pit bulls on parade
Pit bull owners and advocates take their dogs out for a walk in Baltimore to show off the pet’s gentler side.
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