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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 DC native filmmaker tackles Northeast gentrification in 'Residue' on Netflix 10/22/2020 12:18am • Gentrification has dramatically transformed parts of D.C. over the past decade. Filmmaker Merawi Gerima explores the changes in the film "Residue" on Netflix, having grown up in Northeast off North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue in the Eckington neighborhood, which is now rapidly being red Washington Hebrew Congregation's preschool sued for child endangerment 10/21/2020 09:03pm • A synagogue-operated preschool is accused of putting kids in danger by ignoring D.C.'s child safety laws in a lawsuit brought by the District's attorney general. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced the consumer protection suit against the Washington Hebrew Congregation's fee-based Edlavit How chores in the middle of the day could help kids improve concentration for virtual learning 10/21/2020 08:27pm • This story is part of ���Parenting in a Pandemic,��� WTOP���s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with childcare, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. If kids are having trouble focusing during virtual learning, parents may be left wondering whether it's related to Arlington schools to resume distance learning after network outage 10/21/2020 03:00pm • This story is part of ���Parenting in a Pandemic,��� WTOP���s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with child care, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. Distance learning for public schools in Arlington County, Virginia, will resume Thursday after it was canceled Wednesd New tool aids visualization during Montgomery Co. school boundary analysis 10/21/2020 09:41am • As Montgomery County, Maryland, education officials review school boundaries to determine whether they have enough buildings to accommodate students and bolster diversity, a new database is making it possible to see data from a specific school or group of schools. In a Tuesday webinar, the county WFT president Jason Wright wants ���thorough��� investigation, eager for results 10/20/2020 10:01pm • Jason Wright wants ���thorough��� investigation, eager for results originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonFollowing an initial report from The Washington Post in July that detailed alleged sexual harassment and a toxic culture within the Washington Football Team��organization, an investigation DC Council OKs bill allowing vaccinations for some kids without parental approval 10/20/2020 08:49pm • The D.C. Council has approved a bill giving children 11 and older the option to get government-recommended vaccines without their parents' approval. The "Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act" passed with a 12-1 vote, with 8th Ward Councilmember Trayon White the sole dissenter. The bill No hanging out, no singing indoors: Va. boarding school sets rules, remains COVID-free 10/20/2020 11:34am • More than two months after the first students arrived on campus for in-person learning, not a single student or staff member at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, has tested positive for COVID-19. It hasn't been easy, said retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. David Wesley, president of Fairfax County schools moving forward with plan to get more kids back in classrooms 10/19/2020 11:56pm • This story is part of ���Parenting in a Pandemic,��� WTOP���s continuing coverage of how parents are dealing with childcare, schooling and more through the coronavirus pandemic. Fairfax County, Virginia, is moving forward with a plan to get more kids back in classrooms. At a virtual Return to How donated refrigerated trucks could help Maryland community 10/19/2020 05:20pm • Two big refrigerated trucks are now parked at the Christian Life Center in Riverdale, Maryland. (Courtesy Kaiser Permanente) Though people and businesses have been helping out families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, food donations aren't always well-timed. But in Riverdale, Maryland, peri A desk of their own to ease remote learning for kids in need 10/19/2020 10:02am • As remote schooling surged during the pandemic, parents across the country realized that many kids didn���t have desks at home. So they got busy building, collecting and donating them, giving hundreds or thousands of students workspaces to call their own and helping them get through long days of Enrollment drops by 2,500 students in Prince William Co. schools 10/19/2020 06:04am • Nearly 2,500 fewer students are enrolled in Prince William County Public Schools than a year ago, according to data from the school division. If the numbers maintain, it would mark the first time in many years that enrollment in the school system has declined. Public school systems are required t