<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Loudoun</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/va/loudoun?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><description>Loudoun</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['Kicks for Caeden' Is a Hit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11154-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11154-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The few sprinkles that fell Tuesday night in Leesburg did nothing to diminish the success  --  or the spirit  --  of the Heritage girls' soccer benefit game, "Kicks for Caeden." The event honored the school's first girls' soccer coach, Trevor Eback, who died in October from liver cancer, and raised $4,000 for an education fund for his 10-month-old son, Caeden.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Breathes Fire Into the Dragons]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11151-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11151-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Practice has been underway for nearly 30 minutes, but Liz Lipovsky and her teammates have yet to find the time for anything more than a quick sip of water. Footwork drills precede agility drills, which lead to speed drills before reverting back to more footwork training.]]></description><author> Charlie Moss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulldogs'  Gates Won't Live in Past]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11155-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11155-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A frustrating, injury-plagued junior season kept Stone Bridge's Joe Gates from reaching his goals in track and field during 2004. But as this track season begins, Gates has vowed not to dwell on the past and instead focus on being one of the area's best high and long jumpers.]]></description><author> Sean P. Flynn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking in Loudoun's Shoes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11149-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11149-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bob Aiken had mixed emotions when he learned that Flagler County, where his Palm Coast home is located, had been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States.]]></description><author> Ron Word</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/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 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[Two Counties Offer Plenty of Sports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3525-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3525-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Whether you are an avid competitor,  prefer spectator sports or enjoy a mix, there are plenty of sports opportunities unique to Loudoun and Fauquier counties.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GWU Will Pay U.S. For Scholar's Theft]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3038-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3038-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ George Washington University has agreed to a $1.8 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve a federal investigation of a professor who has admitted stealing government research funds.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easing the Final Days]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48655-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48655-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gene May reacted to the news of his impending death with characteristic level-headedness.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mancini Keys Foxcroft]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58187-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58187-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Claire Mancini can best appreciate where the Foxcroft girls' lacrosse team is now because she endured firsthand where it was. The senior attack spent her first two seasons with the Foxes having never won an Independent School League A Conference game.]]></description><author> Andrew Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heritage, Loudoun County Will Unite for Good Cause]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58232-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58232-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Tuesday night's girls' soccer game between Loudoun County and host Heritage will be about much more than the game. The match, which has been dubbed "Kicks for Caeden," will honor the memory of former Pride coach Trevor Eback, who died of cancer last fall.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watching the World Go By]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58209-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58209-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There have been four weddings on Barbara Zimmerman's Purcellville porch, and four Zimmerman children have grown up in its shady embrace, playing with their skateboards and rocking horses and sitting for a spell on its swing.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers To Receive Smaller Pay Hike]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48692-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48692-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Loudoun County School Board has shelved a proposal to pay starting teachers the top salary in the region.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standout Catchers Are Behind One Another]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48649-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48649-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The position is anything but glamorous. Somehow, though, Park View senior Julia Dominguez and Heritage junior Kelly Haller make catching look awfully good.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 Teachers Cited for Inspiring Children to Learn]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48204-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48204-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Twenty teachers from across the region were given 2005 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Awards by The Washington Post yesterday in a ceremony that seemed like a seminar on the methods and value of good instruction.]]></description><author> Martin Weil</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm Might Build Roads In Loudoun]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47962-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47962-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A private construction group announced yesterday that it has asked Loudoun County officials for permission to build more than $200 million worth of public roads.]]></description><author> Michael Laris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments Relying on Area Property Owners]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44858-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44858-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The boom in local real estate prices has been accompanied by increasing tax bills as governments have spurned tax cuts in favor of reaping billions more from homeowners.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loudoun Teacher Won't Face Assault Trial]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32832-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32832-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Loudoun County prosecutors have dropped the assault case against a former teacher who had been accused of slapping a student.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older and Wiser Loudoun Valley Prevails]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28653-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28653-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Loudoun Valley seniors Jennifer and Jessica Everhart stood on either side of Broad Run senior pitcher Jenny Clohan on Tuesday evening in Purcellville, taking advantage of a few spare minutes to trade stories before the Spartans' bus headed back to Ashburn.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Leesburg Church Gets a Windfall Gift of Land]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28650-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28650-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Parishioners of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church have met and worshiped at Belmont Ridge Middle School in Leesburg for more than a year  --  unpacking and repacking liturgical items from a trailer each week, holding Sunday school in the cafeteria and organizing a makeshift nursery in a blocked-off hallway.]]></description><author> Lila de Tantillo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supervisors Trim Rate, Pass Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28649-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28649-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/va/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:23:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The $967 million operating budget passed Tuesday by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors increases spending for schools and public safety while cutting the tax rate by 6.75 cents.]]></description><author> Michael Laris</author></item></channel></rss>