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DC-area health and wellness fair offers 'Ask-A-Therapist' service to families ahead of school year 08/19/2024 06:25am • You've given your child the supplies they need as they head back to school ��� book bags, notebooks, pens and pencils ��� but have you given them the coping skills they need to handle things like anxiety, bullying, depression or suicidal thoughts? "We want our young people to start the school yea As student-athletes return back to school, some families wonder if they can afford high school athletics 08/19/2024 05:05am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. All summer, Aaliyah Heureaux has been diligentl Virginia releases draft guidelines to restrict cellphones in public schools 08/18/2024 03:00pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. The Virginia Department of Education issued its 'The whole family should eat this way': Doctors recommend heart-healthy eating plan for kids 08/18/2024 04:00am • Doctors have long recommended the Mediterranean diet, with its heart-boosting and diabetes-busting recipes, to drop high blood pressure, stave off diabetes and eliminate inflation in patients. Researchers said parents should allow teens and children to chow down on Mediterranean diet recipes, too Youngkin administration issues draft of cell phone-free policies for schools 08/17/2024 09:52pm • Virginia is moving closer to restricting cell phone use in schools after the Virginia Department of Education published a draft of its ���cell phone-free��� guidelines on Thursday after a series of public input events. The draft defines ���cell phone-free��� education as ���bell-to-bell,��� meani Metro police host back-to-school bash at Fort Totten station 08/17/2024 08:00pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. A colorful back-to-school fair greeted chil Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels 08/16/2024 05:37pm • (New York) ��� Cases of whooping cough are more than three times higher this year than they were at the same time last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far this year, there have been 10,865 recorded cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, compar Teen rapper 'Baby K' gets 25 years behind bars for Maryland school bus attack 08/16/2024 04:32pm • A 17-year-old boy, who rapped under the name "Baby K," was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder and weapons charges. Kaeden "Baby K" Holland was 15 when he tried to kill a student on a��Prince George's County school bus last year. His plea Comedian Iliza Shlesinger visits Maryland to 'Get Ready' for next standup special 08/16/2024 04:17am • Marylanders will soon have a chance to see one of the funniest standup comedians working today. Iliza Shlesinger cracks up The Hall at Live! Casino & Hotel in Arundel Mills, Maryland, on Friday. "This is the 'Get Ready Tour,' you guys are getting ready with me because I'm shooting my b Alexandria health fair to offer hearing, dental, vision services to families just in time for start of school year 08/15/2024 12:40pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. A Virginia organization that���s known for earl 'Our kids are sponges': Parenting tips for keeping kids reading outside of school 08/15/2024 05:08am • Summer break is a time for students to unwind and enjoy a little freedom from all the responsibilities that come with classes and homework, but it often leads to the unintended consequence of a decline in reading habits. Even if students stop reading for a short amount of time during their summer Montgomery Co. schools' new security chief says community engagement officers have caused 'confusion' and 'angst' 08/14/2024 07:02pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland mo 'It's not enough': Some Montgomery Co. parents hold out hope for restoration of a fully virtual education program 08/13/2024 08:11pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Families whose children had been in a specializ Cassette tapes are making a comeback with Gen Z. Do they know the pencil trick? 08/13/2024 02:06pm • For a generation that's grown up with streaming music, the act of holding a physical recording is something a lot of young music fans have never experienced. My teenage son asked for a turntable, to play what young people these days now call "vinyls." His almost-new turntable and the one LP h 'Shock to our community': Fairfax Co. high school football coach arrested on charge of solicitation of minor 08/13/2024 10:08am • A teacher at Langley High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, who is also the head football coach, has been charged with five counts of sexual solicitation of a minor. According to the sheriff's office in Frederick County, Maryland, on Aug. 1, 48-year-old David Clay Murray contacted an undercover