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Prince George's County Public Schools reverses course on Seabrook school move 03/19/2021 04:49am • A Montessori school in Prince George's County, Maryland, will be staying at its current location in Seabrook, after a protest by members of the school community. The school system will reverse course with its decision to move Robert Goddard Montessori School. In a letter sent to parents Thursd U.Md. medical school to host study on Moderna vaccine effectiveness in young children 03/18/2021 06:38pm • As efforts to get the country vaccinated against COVID-19 continue, the effects of the vaccines are just now being studied on a group who represents about a quarter of all Americans — children. The vaccines that are currently available to Americans — Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Prince William Co. schools plan to offer full-time in-person and distance learning next year 03/18/2021 07:43am • As local school systems announce plans to offer in-person lessons for five days per week in the 2021-2022 school year, the Prince William County School Board wants to ensure families have a variety of options. At a school board meeting Wednesday night, Superintendent Steven Walts said staff has a Anne Arundel Co. school board votes to rename a Pasadena middle school 03/17/2021 10:18pm • A Maryland school board voted unanimously to rename a middle school that bears the name of Anne Arundel County Public Schools' first superintendent, who did not support equal pay for African American teachers. George Fox served as superintendent from 1916 to 1946, and the Pasadena school named af Parents, students demonstrate to keep their Prince George's County school 03/17/2021 08:31pm • Parents and students gathered Wednesday afternoon outside of the headquarters of Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland to protest the change coming to their school. They're disappointed and concerned that the school system has ordered Robert Goddard Montessori School to move to make w COVID-19 relief package funds child care initiatives in Maryland 03/17/2021 06:14pm • While many Marylanders are beginning to see bigger bank account balances due to checks received from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, they will also begin to see more funding for child care. "It has been projected that Maryland could end up losing over 78,000 licensed child care spots over Loudoun Co. to offer in-person learning 4 days a week next month 03/17/2021 05:10pm • The public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, will offer in-person instruction four days a week to students currently enrolled in hybrid learning. The school system announced the move Wednesday afternoon, adding that students whose families chose distance learning for the second semester will n DC launches interactive dashboard tracking COVID-19 in schools 03/17/2021 02:41pm • D.C. is offering parents a look at the data used to track COVID-19 cases in kids who are attending school through an online dashboard. "The dashboard will become more interactive in the next week or two, but here we just highlight the total number of cases we have seen," said D.C. Health Director Montgomery County Council to reconsider high school sports plans this week 03/17/2021 07:02am • A few days after putting in place new COVID-19 regulations that continue some virus-related restrictions, council members in Maryland's Montgomery County said Tuesday they plan to go back to the drawing board on rules for youth sports and could vote on new regulations by the end of the week. The Outbreak at Loudoun high school linked to cheerleading competition 03/17/2021 06:38am • At least a dozen students at Independence High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, have tested positive for COVID-19, after many had recently returned from a club cheerleading competition in Richmond, according to NBC Washington. Club sports, which often involve travel, are not school-based activ Is Guinness really 'good for you'? 03/17/2021 06:17am • Guinness, like other Irish stouts, enjoys a seasonal popularity every St. Patrick's Day. It has also been touted as being "good for you," at least by its own advertising posters decades ago. But can this creamy, rich and filling beer really be added to a list of healthy beverages? Or is its reput New kid, new normal: How one family has fared a year into the pandemic 03/17/2021 03:50am • The Lally family (Courtesy of Patrick Lally) A year later, it's hard to fathom just how much has changed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and especially for parents. Their day-to-day lives are so different from what it was before. In many cases kids have adapted well. But for a ba Capitol riot suspect who buried officer's badge ordered to be returned to jail 03/16/2021 05:51pm • A Buffalo, New York, man accused of ripping off the badge of a D.C. police officer who was beaten unconscious during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was ordered Tuesday to be returned to jail. A federal magistrate judge last week in Buffalo allowed Thomas Sibick to live with his parents until What are best cars for families? US News offers insight 03/16/2021 04:19am • For car shoppers, parenthood means changing up that wish list. Safety becomes an even more important factor, as does convenience, and it's through that lens that U.S. News & World Report evaluated 86 different vehicles for its list of the 2021 Best Cars for Families, released on Tuesday. " DC Mayor Bowser reflects on year of COVID-19 — and looks to the future 03/16/2021 03:50am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '7e14a1d8-acf2-4ad8-a5f0-3f36494d3df8' }).render("435615365484ef34");}); D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she "coul