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Flip Circus presents extravaganza outside Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda 09/22/2022 12:31am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euDlW_FPJKo If you visit Westfield Montgomery Mall, don't be surprised to see a circus tent outside! Flip Circus brings its touring extravaganza to Bethesda, Maryland, in the parking lot at the corner of Westlake Drive and Westlake Terrance from Sept. 23 to Prince George's Co. schools will bring doctors to kids virtually 09/21/2022 03:42pm • Not every child sees a doctor on a regular basis, even when they might need it. That's because not all parents can easily get their kids to the doctor's office, if they even have a doctor. But starting next month in Prince George's County, Maryland, the school system is teaming up with a tele Fairfax Co. teaching assistant charged with assaulting special needs student 09/21/2022 10:42am • An instructional assistant at a Fairfax County, Virginia, elementary school has been charged with assaulting a special needs student, police said Wednesday. The alleged assault took place Sept. 16 at Dogwood Elementary School in Reston, Virginia. Fairfax County police said two teachers went in Loudoun Co. drafting policy to identify sexually explicit materials 09/21/2022 07:02am • School officials in Loudoun County this week will begin discussing how to implement a new Virginia policy that requires parents to be notified any time materials with sexually explicit content will be used in schools. The county's Curriculum and Instruction committee is scheduled to meet Thursday Virginia Gov. Youngkin defends new transgender student guidelines 09/20/2022 11:21pm • During a visit to Leesburg on Tuesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended his administration's new guidelines on transgender students, stating that the state's new education model policies respect all students while also involving parents. "Parents must have a role in their children's lives an Northern Va. school systems still reviewing new policies on transgender students 09/20/2022 04:45am • School systems in Northern Virginia say they're reviewing proposed state policies that would change the rights of LGBTQ students in schools. Proposed Virginia Department of Education policies released Friday would require students to use programs and facilities that "match the sex they were assig Judge rules on specifics of DC's suit against Washington Hebrew Congregation 09/19/2022 11:09pm • A judge has made several final decisions on claims made in the D.C. attorney general's lawsuit against the Washington Hebrew Congregation. The suit claims the WHC's preschool violated child care regulations and consumer protection laws. The suit is related to a separate 2019 lawsuit brought by a Poll: Democrats lead in statewide Md. races 09/19/2022 06:43pm • A poll finds that Democrats are leading in all four statewide races in Maryland ahead of November���s election. The Goucher College poll finds Democrat Wes Moore leads Republican Dan Cox, 53% to 31%, with 9% undecided, 4% favoring Libertarian candidate David Lasher and 2% favoring the Green Party Victims' families press Congress for truck safety requirements 09/19/2022 02:53pm • ���Look my sons in the eye and tell them why you can���t implement these changes,��� said Dan Langenkamp, seen with his 10-year-old son, Oliver, at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol. (WTOP/Mitchell Miller) Less than a month after his wife, Sarah, was struck and killed on her bike in Bet Prince William School Board asks court to halt subpoenas 09/19/2022 09:44am • The Prince William County School Board is seeking court intervention to stop its former chair from continuing to subpoena members for documents in his defamation lawsuit against the former superintendent. In two scathing motions, attorneys for the board and former Superintendent Steven Walts asked Legal challenges likely against new Virginia policies on transgender students, Del. Roem says 09/19/2022 08:57am • Virginia's first openly transgender state lawmaker tells WTOP she expects legal challenges will be filed soon to challenge new state Department of Education policies that would dramatically change the rights of LGBTQ students in Virginia schools. "There's a world of legal issues with this," said Va. student: Gov. Glenn Youngkin's rollback of LGBTQ+ student rights 'makes school unsafe' 09/17/2022 11:59pm • Some Virginia students say their classrooms will be less safe after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued policies on Friday that would roll back some LGBTQ+ student rights in the state. A Fairfax County Public School student, who is being kept anonymous to protect their safety, told WTOP that th Book ban battle plays out in schools as more novels are pulled from shelves 09/17/2022 12:46pm • Every week this summer, the Teen Banned Book Club met inside a Kutztown, Pennsylvania, bookstore to highlight the novels that frequently appear on the American Library Association's list of most challenged books. The club was created last fall by then-eighth grader Joslyn Diffenbaugh after sh Spotsylvania school board extends offer to unconventional superintendent candidate 09/17/2022 09:56am • Spotsylvania County Public Schools' next superintendent could be a man with no experience in education. The Virginia-county's school board formally offered Mark Taylor the job on Friday. The county's school board voted 4-3 to extend a finalized offer to Taylor after a lengthy closed session. Tayl Montgomery County libraries see summer reading surge 09/17/2022 05:09am • Montgomery County, Maryland, libraries have seen a seven-year high for participation in the system's summer reading challenge. This summer, nearly 13,000 children and teenagers signed up to take part in the Montgomery County Public Library system's annual program designed to keep kids excited abo