BACK TO SCHOOL

News4’s Eun Yang has some simple tips for parents to prepare their children to get back to a routine sleep schedule for the school year.

Thousands of students across six Northern Virginia school districts returned to the classroom Wednesday. Stafford, Spotsylvania, Fauquier, Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties as well as Manassas City are back in session.

Thousands of students across Northern Virginia are headed back to class on Wednesday. News4’s Dominique Moody speaks to Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor about what’s changing this year.

News4’s Derrick Ward reports that preparing for this school year goes beyond shopping for school supplies.

The sale signs are out and so is the merchandise: notebooks, backpacks, pencils and more. It means the end of summer is near, and parents and kids are preparing for the return to school. But these days, getting ready to go back to class isn’t just about buying books and supplies. It’s also about making sure the little ones...

With the school year fast approaching, many people are looking for cheaper ways to get the supplies they need for the year. News4’s Susan Hogan reports on how to save money when shopping for school supplies.

This back-to-school shopping season, parents are focusing on the basics while also trading down to cheaper stores as surging inflation takes a toll on their household budgets.

Virginia’s three-day sales tax holiday is Aug. 5-7. Maryland’s tax-free week is Aug. 14-20.

A new report shows many local students have fallen behind in school since the start of the pandemic. Montgomery County Public Schools released data last week showing a dramatic drop in reading and math skills. News4’s Aimee Cho has more on how the school system hopes to fix the problem.

Back to school means exposure to more germs and bugs, and this year, parents have even more to worry about with the pandemic still raging in parts of the country. News4’s Doreen Gentzler takes a look at what doctors are seeing right now and the impact on hospitals.

After positive coronavirus tests shut down Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center the last week of summer, staff were thrilled to reopen for the first week of school. But when Boston school buses sat empty due to a driver shortage, it wasn’t just public schools that felt the hit— centers like Sportsmen’s, and the families who rely on them, were left...

Less than a week before Prince George’s County Public Schools begins the new schoolyear, more than 2,000 students are unaccounted for following distance learning.

Less than a week before Prince George’s County Public Schools begins the new schoolyear, more than 2,000 students are unaccounted for following distance learning. County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

As the delta variant drives a surge in COVID-19 cases, quarantines and last-minute closures are something parents and students will have to deal with all schoolyear long. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder is hearing from a father in Fairfax County who says his daughter is quarantined, too, and he has no clue when it will end.

The school system needs more teachers and more bus drivers, but all of the vacancies likely won’t be filled by the beginning of the school year. News4’s Tracee Wilkins spoke to the schools CEO about her plans.

News4’s Aimee Cho explains the impact the shortage could have on students as the new school year begins.

News4’s Derrick Ward shows how a D.C. school uses technology to help contain COVID-19.

As students head back to school, News4’s Jodie Fleischer sat down with four teachers to ask what kids missed out on most during virtual school and how to begin making up for those losses.

As students across the capital region return to the classroom this month, News4 asked teachers from several school districts, academic subjects and grade levels to assess what their students missed out on most during virtual school and how they will begin to make up those losses.

Families in Loudoun County are preparing to start the new school year this week. Thursday is the first day of school, and it’s also the first year for a new superintendent. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke with the new head of Loudon County Public Schools.