8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (168+ words) A number of universities in the D.C. region are getting high marks in the new Forbes ranking of the nation’s top colleges. The University of Virginia is the highest-ranked public university in the region on Forbes’ 2027 list. UVA came in at…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (583+ words) Dan Shea, the former principal at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, had a hard and fast rule about his teacher observations: He was not to be interrupted. But on the morning of 9/11, there was a knock on the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (441+ words) In 2019, Christopher Stewart started paying students in D.C. to work in a school library and learn about the field. The concept is similar to a paid internship, with students helping with research and shelving books. The goal is to increase students…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (379+ words) Less than two weeks after approximately 10,000 students were left waiting for school bus assignments at the start of the school year, Prince George’s County Public Schools leaders are apologizing to families and explaining what they’re doing to fix the problems....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (487+ words) A week after the first day of school and a school bus crisis, Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) leaders outlined the school system’s path forward. Many families said they are still encountering issues. “The way to get to our…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (240+ words) Crossing guards will return to certain Fairfax County high schools as the county evaluates the issue, according to a release from Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay. The crossing guards will stay in place "while evaluations are completed," McKay said....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (365+ words) It was back to school night Tuesday at Lake Braddock Secondary School, but some teachers were outside protesting. A requirement from the school said that all teachers have to pitch in with weapons detection duty. In other words, they have…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) As the second week of school gets underway in Prince George’s County, the school district said all students have now been assigned bus routes. Initially, thousands of students had not been assigned to a route. But several families told News4 their…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (413+ words) Despite Prince George’s County Public Schools saying it has cleared a backlog of 10,000 students who hadn’t been assigned a bus route, some parents Monday said their children still don’t have a complete bus schedule, and others chose to drive their…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (367+ words) News4’s Megan McGrath spoke with a few parents who said they had to drive their children to school or that their school bus was late. Some parents in Prince George's County, Maryland, say they're still encountering transportation troubles after the…...