<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Alexandria</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/va/alexandria?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><description>Alexandria</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Condolences  Pour In for Va.  Crash Victims]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12256-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12256-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When they heard about Monday's fatal school bus crash in Arlington, the students  --  from John Adams and James K. Polk elementary schools  --  wanted to help.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Mayor Named Athletic Director]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10766-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10766-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Former Alexandria mayor Kerry J. Donley was appointed athletic director for the Alexandria City Public Schools, following a day of confusion about his status and an emergency School Board meeting last night.]]></description><author> Annie Gowen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picking a School Is a Multiple-Choice Question]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Washington area parents enjoy an increasing choice of schools for their children. There are regular public schools, magnet public schools, charter public schools and, for parents with enough money, private schools, some faith-oriented and some not.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frightened Parents Flock  To School, Accident Scene]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64029-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64029-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ellen Jakovich was running an errand for a friend in Alexandria yesterday morning when the call came in on her cell phone. It was the vice principal of Hoffman-Boston Elementary School, where Jakovich's 8-year-old son, Ryan, is a third-grader, and her voice was shaking.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour  and Annie Gowen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bastion of Hope for the Homeless]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On-site counseling is the model for an aggressive approach to getting the homeless back on their feet.]]></description><author> Theola S. Labbe</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence Speaks Volumes About Gay Support]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51707-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51707-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One girl wondered what her choir teacher would say later when half the class refused to utter a sound.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Questions 'Clear Skies' Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49724-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49724-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Mirant power plant on the Potomac River in Alexandria could be exempted from rules requiring that it reduce the amount of toxic mercury it emits into the environment each year, under a perceived loophole in the Bush administration's "Clear Skies" bill, according to a study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG).]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Touch of Fame for Three Teachers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47827-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47827-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's the first time any Virginia teacher has been inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame and the first time two teachers have been selected from the same district, Arlington, in the same year.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narrowing Curriculum Decried]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31186-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31186-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago, D.C. public school honors students were required to take four years of foreign language, and all comprehensive high schools offered three or four different options. Today, only five of 16 regular high schools offer a full four-year foreign language curriculum  --  and most offer only two options, a new report shows.]]></description><author> Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students Find a World of New Words]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31151-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31151-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On a sunny day after school last week, a group of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Arlington's Jamestown Elementary School sat trading pleasantries, and a mild insult or two, in French.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Child-Sex Sting Results in 9 Arrests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19962-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19962-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks, sexual predators in the Washington area went trolling for children without fear of being spotted, authorities said Friday. But someone was watching -- 13 undercover police officers.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want Kids to Read? 'Get Them Laughing']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17437-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17437-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In the early 1970s, Christopher Paul Curtis graduated from high school and decided there was no reason to go to college if he could work in a car factory and make enough to buy himself a cassette player with five-foot-high speakers and a pale lemon Camaro with a houndstooth interior.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor of N.Va. Terror Suspect to Look for Signs of Torture]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13092-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13092-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An American student charged in a conspiracy to kill President Bush can have his own doctor examine him for evidence that he was tortured while in Saudi custody, a federal judge in Alexandria ruled yesterday.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hensley Park Tops List of Sites for All-City Sports Facility]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12627-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12627-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Joseph Hensley Park has been singled out as the best location to build Alexandria's proposed All-City Sports Facility, according to a feasibility study  delivered to the City Council last week.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Class, Va. Parents  Pull the All-Nighter]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5498-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5498-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Parents wait in line to get a spot for their kindergartners in next year's dual-language immersion class.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarizing the Foreign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48369-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48369-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students met with Fulbright scholars from 15 countries Friday for a cultural exchange that included discussions on the Middle East peace process, school uniforms, and . . . lederhosen.]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the Sidewalk Begins]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45934-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45934-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ever since Maryknoll Avenue in Bethesda got a new sidewalk two years ago, residents have noticed more children walking to and from school, more dog-walkers, more parents pushing strollers, more children riding scooters and more people in general on the street and in front yards.]]></description><author> Karen Tanner Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Teachers Are Saluted With Agnes Meyer Awards]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41002-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41002-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  For most students entering Logan McConnell's fourth-grade class at Mount Vernon Community School in Alexandria, the first day of school does not mean meeting a new teacher for the first time. By the time classes start in September, McConnell generally has already met, or at least called, each family of the students enrolled in his class.]]></description><author> Tara Bahrampour</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Arts to Craft Higher Self-Esteem]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20397-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20397-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tall and lean, a paint-smeared apron hanging from his neck, artist Steve Prince stands before a clutch of teenage girls explaining the strong foundation necessary to build something as simple as a chair.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chipped Cherubs, Mossy Urns]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19665-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19665-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_education/va/alexandria</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:22:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Through Sunday, "Antiques in Alexandria" showcases unusual garden ornaments and statuary.]]></description><author> Annie Groer</author></item></channel></rss>