3+ week, 1+ day ago   (273+ words) Montgomery County Public Schools is facing a maintenance budget backlog that it says will cost billions to fix. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports. Montgomery County Public Schools is facing a $3 billion maintenance budget backlog, and school leaders say the problem has…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (460+ words) FLE – A crew removes the statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, July 1, 2020, in Richmond, Va. A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board’s reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (305+ words) June 24, 2026, 3:57 AM The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick County school districts and Maryland’s education agency in the Trump administration’s latest challenge of the region’s school policies regarding transgender students. The federal education agency said…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (590+ words) April 20, 2026, 6:56 AM Two D.C.-area elementary schools caught fire Sunday afternoon, causing damage and leaving one building closed to students Monday. César Chávez Dual Spanish Immersion School in Chillum, Maryland, will remain closed Monday after a fire broke out inside the…...

5+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (129+ words) The Washington Post Experts say they are exacerbating the effects of a decade-long decline in birth rates. Prekindergarten applications in D.C. have plunged this year, particularly at schools in immigrant neighborhoods and those with bilingual programs, a sign of how federal…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (492+ words) A federally-funded pilot program aimed at helping students improve their reading skills is proving to be a huge success in D.C. News4’s Mark Segraves reports. A federally funded pilot program aimed at helping students improve their reading skills has proven to…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (543+ words) LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Fairfax Co. families call for changes to school calendars March 31, 2026, 11:29 AM Prince George’s County Public Schools has adopted a new policy outlining what should and should not happen if federal immigration enforcement agents appear at one of the…...

6+ mon, 14+ hour ago   (611+ words) UPDATE: Man armed with a rifle rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security UPDATE: Old Dominion shooting suspect is ex-Army National Guard member with past terror conviction March 12, 2026, 6:17 PM D.C. public schools are showing “forward momentum,” with…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (455+ words) Linh Bui | [email protected] February 18, 2026, 5:05 PM D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing an increase in funding for the city’s school system, one week after warning a tough budget cycle was ahead. Bowser’s proposal would increase the uniform per student funding formula foundation…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (220+ words) WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Students at three schools in Prince William County walked out in protest of ICE last Friday, but 191 of them at one of those schools were suspended. That's because students left school grounds, according to Woodbridge High School principal…...