Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews writes a weekly column for washingtonpost.com, Class Struggle, which runs on Tuesdays.
Marguerite Kelly offers parents advice in her weekly column, Family Almanac, which runs on Fridays.
Challenge Index
Challenge Index: Education reporter Jay Mathews evaluates high schools by weighing their efforts to challenge students. Charts included.
Schools Seeing Wisdom in Having Defibrillators Loudoun County has them. So does Fauquier. Now Fairfax County school officials are considering placing portable defibrillators, devices that could save the life of someone in cardiac arrest, in all schools and administration buildings, and training staff members to use them.
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