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Don't skip these steps when borrowing parent student loans 10/28/2020 07:51am • In more than one-third of U.S. families, parents decide how to pay for college, according to a July 2020 report from private lender Sallie Mae. Half of those parents don’t inform the child of their decision. Joe Allen, 51, of Frederick, Maryland, did talk about college costs with his daughte Protesters confront police over DC moped death 10/28/2020 07:30am • Protesters descended on a Northwest D.C. police station late Tuesday evening in outrage over the death of a Black man who was struck and killed riding an electric scooter. Twenty-year-old D.C. native Karon Hylton-Brown died in a hospital after a motorist struck him while riding a scooter in Brigh Community divided over Washington and Lee University's name 10/27/2020 10:03am • LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Washington and Lee University says that there are deep divisions over its name as the nation continues to grapple with its racial past. The school in Lexington said in a statement last week that it received 14,000 responses to a survey it has conducted as it e Maryland teachers want more protections before returning to fully opened schools 10/26/2020 10:44pm • Teachers say they want to be back in school with their students, but a survey of members of Maryland's teachers union revealed 77% of those asked don't believe schools can be reopened safely in the next few months. According to a survey of 2,317 members of the Maryland State Education Association Fairfax County teachers union opposes new concurrent method for instruction 10/26/2020 10:20pm • A union representing teachers in Virginia's largest school system believes instructors and parents have been ambushed by a dual announcement from the Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent, demanding a decision about returning to classrooms that will begin deploying a new form of instruction. Maryland schools get green light for earlier start to winter sports 10/26/2020 04:37pm • The Maryland State Board of Education has given the green light to a plan that would move up the start of the winter sports season by nearly two months, the latest in a series of changes to the school sports calendar in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The move came as state education offici 'Rent erosion' hits DC’s apartment market 10/26/2020 08:52am • D.C. ranks seventh highest among big cities for rent — averaging just over $2,100 a month across all apartment sizes in September, according to Zillow. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/amedved) Apartment rents in the D.C. area remain some of the highest in the nation — but they're slowly coming dow Survey: Prince William Co. parents and staff prefer traditional school calendar, over more inclusive option 10/26/2020 06:52am • Given the option of an alternative school calendar, which would include Jewish, Hindu and Muslim holidays, but trim vacation days, 65% of parents and staff in Virginia's Prince William County prefer to stick to the original schedule, according to a school system survey. Earlier this month, Prince Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes first Black US prelate 10/25/2020 02:58pm • Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise announcement from his studio window to faithful standing below in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said the churchme Feeling stressed? A new report suggests you are not alone 10/24/2020 11:56am • Between the coronavirus pandemic and politics, 2020 has been a grind for many people. If you find yourself more flustered and stressed, dealing with higher levels of anxiety, a new report suggests you are not alone. Stress In America 2020: A National Mental Health Crisis was released this week by Questions, concerns persist over DC's plan to bring students back 10/24/2020 06:53am • A plan to bring students back into some D.C. public school classrooms is generating questions and skepticism among some city leaders, even as negotiations continue between the school system and teachers' union. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee took questions from the D.C. Council duri Rockville-based business boasts better baby booger picker 10/23/2020 09:48pm • A small Rockville, Maryland, business is partnering with Walmart to sell a unique product the company calls the better booger picker tool for babies. "It's just a better way to clean your baby's nose," said Nina Farzin, the founder of the company and the product Oogiebear. Farzin is the mother AAA: Fatal teen car crashes up in Virginia despite lighter pandemic traffic 10/23/2020 04:00pm • Traffic is lighter, there are fewer car accidents and students are studying at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, yet teen-involved fatal crashes are up in Virginia in 2020. According to AAA, 55 people have died in crashes involving teen drivers in the commonwealth as of mid-October, compa Arlington wants to add 4 religious holidays to school calendar 10/23/2020 09:23am • Parents, community members and employees of Virginia's Arlington Public Schools are being asked to weigh in on a school calendar for the 2021-2022 school year that adds four religious holidays as days off. The one-question survey asks whether there is support for Arlington's draft calendar that w How DC plans to return to in-person learning 10/22/2020 02:36pm • The District released more information Thursday on plans to return to in-person learning for select students for the second term at D.C. Public Schools. Those plans include $31 million in safety measures for schools, $3.6 million for additional personal protective equipment, $4.5 million in build