Schools

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the confusion and frustration following a Fairfax County School Board meeting about returning students to in-person classes.

The Prince George’s County school system could be the first in our nation to use private dollars to build public schools. The system is preparing to repay more than 1 billion dollars for the proposed plan. News4’s Tracee Wilkins explains why some are calling the proposal a bad idea.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is announcing he’s putting an additional $220 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds towards the state’s public schools

Students, parents and teachers at School Without Walls High School and the School Without Walls at Francis Stevens held a rally Thursday morning after the longtime principal abruptly left.  Richard Trogisch led both public schools in the West End area for years and was suddenly let go on Wednesday. Members of the school community said they believe he was...

Prince William County Public Schools are planning to roll out hybrid in-person learning for some families in November. News4’s Drew Wilder explains why some teachers say it’s putting them and their families at risk.

Montgomery County officials have begun planning for in-person learning and explain how they’re protecting voters. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

Young voters often feel like their votes don’t matter, but the truth is that older voters have figured out for years that by picking their choice politicians, they get to decide how our educational systems are run: from how much teachers get paid to whether schools open amid a pandemic to all the decisions surrounding student loan relief. As...

How should students be chosen to attend the number one high school in the country? That’s the question facing Fairfax County, and News4’s Aimee Cho has more on their attempt to overhaul the admissions process.

The disruption to schools caused by the coronavirus pandemic constitutes a “global education emergency” that threatens to derail the education of at least 24 million students projected to drop out of school as a result, said Henrietta Fore, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Many teachers are choosing not to return to the classroom because of the coronavirus threat, and schools around the U.S. are scrambling to find replacements.

Distance learning makes life challenging for many kids throughout the region, but for several thousand local children the distance causes bigger complications. Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team report their parents are trying to prevent virtual learning from being virtually impossible.

For the more than 3,000 blind or deaf students who will be attending local public schools virtually this fall, distance learning creates an added complication for those students, their families and their teachers, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.

Students in Arlington Public Schools are running into trouble with technology on the first day of online learning for the fall.  School district officials told families at about 10:30 Tuesday that students were “experiencing system & connectivity issues.”  Families told News4 that they were able to connect with online learning using their own devices but not with devices provided...

The virtual school year got off to a rocky start in Arlington. News4’s Drew Wilder talks with parents about their frustration, and takes a look at what went wrong.

Two Wisconsin high school seniors petitioned for mandatory use of face masks after learning coverings had not been enforced at their school. Ava Rheeve and Julia Going joined NBCLX to talk about their successful campaign to change their school’s policy.

Speaking about the need to support schools as they reopen in the face of COVID-19, Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the issue Wednesday. “Get off Twitter, and start talking to the Congressional leaders in both parties. Invite them into the Oval Office,” Biden said. “You always talk about your ability to negotiate. Negotiate a deal for somebody...

A major website used by Charles County Public Schools students was down Monday morning, the first day of online learning this fall. The StudentVue site and school district website were down, district officials said in a tweet at about 8 a.m.  “Both issues are being addressed and we’ll keep you updated,” they said. StudentVue lets students track assignments, classroom...

Hundreds of thousands of children in the D.C. area will go back to school Monday — but this fall, the classroom is a laptop on the kitchen table. Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick counties begin distance learning Monday, and teachers have spent the past week in virtual meetings with colleagues and administrators to plan for this very unorthodox year....

News4’s Scott MacFarlane breaks down how some of the area school districts are still preparing students with the technology they need for virtual learning.

School districts around the state of Maryland are reacting to Governor Larry Hogan’s surprise announcement encouraging schools to move toward reopening, as coronavirus metrics improve. News4 Jackie Bensen spoke with local leaders.