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For many Chirilagua residents, Amazon’s arrival threatens the end of the community they love, bringing increased housing costs, new residents and creeping gentrification.

Family, students and staff in D.C. are mourning the loss of Helenmaire White. She taught at Ballou STAY High School for 14 years and empowered young women to go into STEM. She recently died of complications from COVID-19. News4’s Pat Collins looks at how she’s being remembered.

Children who have been marooned at home for months by the pandemic are slowly returning to classrooms, but many teachers say they won’t go back until they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine.

If Jill Biden were to continue her teaching job when her husband takes the Oval Office, it would make her the first first lady with a job outside the White House

French authorities say a suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack

Montgomery County Public Schools is investigating after a high school teacher had “explicit images and language” on a screen at the beginning of class. The incident happened Friday during a 7th period class at Poolesville High School, according to a letter Principal Mark Carothers sent to parents. Carothers said many students saw the inappropriate content and took photos or screenshots…

A teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, is accused of having sex with an eighth-grade student on school property in 2014 and 2015, police say. Maxwell Alexander Bero, 30, was a teacher at Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School in Silver Spring when he had inappropriate sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl who was his student, Montgomery County police said. Detectives…

Stacey Evers, founder of Grow a Row, is asking people with gardens to add a row to help provide families in need with fresh, healthy food. The program is giving out free seeds to anyone who wants them. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

It’s never too early to start teaching children to be antiracist, said Brittany Smith, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Steps as simple as buying books that feature diverse faces is a good start.

A Prince George’s County teacher shared the struggle he went through while battling COVID-19. He faced setback after setback in the ICU. But as he gets better, he says his fight against the illness actually may have saved his life, moving forward.

A Fairfax County elementary school teacher who is recovering from COVID-19 is sharing her experience on social media about how difficult it was for her and her husband to get tested. Catherine Collett, a 6th grade teacher at Lynbrook Elementary School, said in a Facebook post on Friday that during their first of four ER visits, doctors told her and…

A Fairfax County teacher tested positive for coronavirus. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The drama director at Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts runs his classes like a professional acting academy. After directing at the school for 20 years, Mike Replogle plans to retire. Replogle teaches his students how to succeed as professional actors, not only directing the school’s theatrical productions, but also teaching classes on headshots and resumes. After serving in…

News4’s Leon Harris profiles Mike Replogle, retiring drama director at Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts, who influenced a generation of young Fairfax County actors.

When Dese’Rae Stage interviews survivors of suicide attempts for a website she created, she asks herself a question news reporters may not always consider: How much did it hurt? A survivor herself, she wants to be sure that readers of her website “Live Through This” come away with a real picture of suicide — no romance, no facile explanations and...

Twelve former students of a man convicted of sexually abusing them when he was their teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area school will receive a combined $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit against the school, an attorney said.

A Prince George’s County teacher who was caught on camera fighting a student has had all charges dropped. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports from Largo High.

Police arrested two men in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Virginia.

The man who provided the gun used to kill a teacher’s aide was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

The principal at a D.C. public charter school is facing a criminal charge. Prosecutors say she failed to promptly notify the proper authorities that a teacher was accused of sexually touching a student.