EDUCATION

Fairfax County Public Schools officials remain adamant that the revised admissions system at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race.

When two deaths and a pandemic overwhelmed Maryland second-grader Graydn Betz, his teacher Monika Locraft found a way to connect with the boy and change everything.

Thousands of schools around the country declined to mandate masks, vaccines or frequent testing. They reopened quickly while the nation's biggest districts remained closed. And overall, their students were often better-off.

We should consider why U.S. colleges work so well for so many people and should celebrate the successful people coming out of colleges that don’t rank so high on vaunted rankings and don’t reject the vast majority of their applicants.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Gollan said Friday that six people in town for Spring Break were exposed to fentanyl and went into cardiac arrest. Two remain in critical condition as of late Friday.

The school system also released data showing safety incidents and arrests so far this school year, with Black students seeing a disproportionately high rate of arrest.

Dozens of borrowers have filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about Aidvantage, the student loan servicing arm of Maximus, since the company acquired more than 5 million accounts from Navient at the end of 2021.

Masking in D.C. Public Schools becomes optional effective Wednesday and follows similar mask-optional policies already in place in most metro area school systems.

The letter portends a rocky relationship between the Republican governor and Virginia's school superintendents.

Judge Claude Hilton said a new admissions cycle will cause only minor inconvenience.

A deferred Iowa conference on equity and education is just one illustration of the nation’s about-face on centering race and equity in teachers’ work over the past year.

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A parent alerted school officials to the threats, which were posted on Snapchat and Instagram.

Virginia advocacy groups are upset by Gov. Glenn Youngkin's early termination of the tenures of three members of the state Board of Education.

Officials with Loudoun County Public Schools have updated the system's Title IX policies, in part by requiring an immediate investigation of any sexual discrimination, harassment or misconduct.

As states and school systems around the country are dropping their mask mandates, public health officials have concluded that masks helped reduce covid transmission in schools.

A federal appeals court has revived a pair of lawsuits against George Washington and American universities seeking refunds after the schools switched to online learning and halted on-campus activities during the early months of the pandemic.

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said that masks are still required at schools and that he would be speaking with the unions and community about the new health guidance.