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Butler's Orchard pioneer dies at 91, popularized 'pick your own' 09/15/2020 10:45am • Shirley Brown Butler, whose family invited generations of families to "pick your own" at Butler's Orchard, in Germantown, Maryland, has died at age 91. Wade Butler, one of four children of Shirley and George H. Butler, said she died on Sept. 10. "She had complications from heart valve replacem How colleges use SAT and ACT results 09/14/2020 12:00am • Navigating test-optional policies at colleges and universities can be challenging. But for college applicants who do opt to submit their ACT or SAT scores, there is a second layer of potential confusion: how those scores are then used by institutions. College scoring policies can be broken down i AP Source: Big Ten presidents to reconsider fall football 09/13/2020 01:03am • Big Ten football might be making a comeback. Big Ten university presidents will meet Sunday to hear a presentation about playing a fall football season after all -- maybe as soon as mid-October -- amid pressure to kick off from parents, players, coaches and even the president. A person with di Explore 2021 Best National Universities 09/13/2020 12:00am • Learn about the top 40 National Universities. A quality education from a top college can lead to many career opportunities for graduates. The best National Universities include a mix of public and private research institutions that offer a diverse range of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral pro Is virtual learning meeting the needs of special ed students? Loudoun County parents say 'no' 09/12/2020 04:28pm • As a fall semester of virtual learning has begun amid the coronavirus pandemic, many students and parents across the D.C. region have faced the same set of challenges. But parents of special education students in Virginia's Loudoun County said distance learning has been especially hard for their chi Montgomery Co. private school student, employee test positive for coronavirus 09/11/2020 08:41pm • A student and an employee at a private school in Montgomery County, Maryland, tested positive for coronavirus this week. Archdiocese of Washington spokesperson Paula Gwynn Grant told WTOP that a second-grade student at Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Kensington had tested positive for COVID-19 o Maryland brewery stresses support for small businesses during pandemic 09/11/2020 07:50pm • FILE -- Denizens Brewing founders Jeff Ramirez and Julie Verratti are photographed during the annual Make It Funky Festival on Sept. 30, 2017, at the Denizens in Silver Spring. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A Maryland business owner said the current economy is "o Enrollment down by 3,300 at Montgomery County schools, first weeks of school reveal 09/10/2020 10:02pm • Two weeks into the virtual learning experience, school officials in Maryland's Montgomery County reported that student enrollment is down by more than 3,300. Montgomery County Public Schools is the largest school system in the state and reported student enrollment figures at 166,000 before the sc Students and parents are rethinking higher education in a COVID world 09/10/2020 12:25pm • This content is provided by Clark A. Kendall of Kendall Capital in Rockville, MD. Even before COVID-19 changed the face of higher education — and the world — college and university enrollment had been dropping. Students and the parents that pay the college experience bill have already long More than 500,000 U.S. kids have tested positive for coronavirus 09/10/2020 07:03am • ▶ Watch Video: Some students return to school for in-person classes as more kids test positive for COVID-19 New data out this week shows that more than 500,000 children in the U.S. have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, according to the American Academy of P A Md. daughter's struggle, a family's loss and a dream realized 09/09/2020 11:35pm • Brooke's House, an outpatient residential treatment facility for women, was the dream of a young Maryland girl struggling with opioid addiction. Brooke Simmers didn't live to see that dream realized. She died of a drug overdose at the age of 19. That was in April 2015. Recently, Brooke's Ho 2 Northern Va. brothers fighting rare disease set to begin treatment 09/09/2020 02:46pm • Jacob Kulman, 6, and Eli Kulman, 8, are battling a rare genetic disorder. (Courtesy Kulman family) Jacob and Eli Kulman aren't all that different from other kids their age, but they're facing a battle many others never will: The two are fighting a life-threatening genetic disorder called IPEX sy Yay, recess! — The opportunity and challenge of keeping kids active during distance learning 09/09/2020 12:17pm • If you ask many school-age kids what their favorite thing about school is, many will say recess or gym. The largely virtual fall 2020 school semester is presenting some never-before-imagined opportunities for school children, but also some new challenges. Many local school systems' live-online Parents and other caregivers are more stressed and in poorer health due to pandemic, report finds 09/09/2020 06:03am • When Raquel Minina's 11-year-old son Syrus came home from school in Paulding County, Georgia, last week with a sore throat, runny nodse and diarrhea, she was devastated. A hairdresser by trade, she knew a diagnosis of Covid-19 would put her out of work for a month or more, despite all the careful What to do if your kid has a COVID-19 symptom 09/09/2020 04:23am • Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner's 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a sore throat. By the next morning, her two youngest children, ages 3 and 6, had lost their voices. "They just feel miserable," said