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Maryland commerce department asks business owners to consider state's work-sharing program 07/17/2020 04:38pm • Kelly Shulz, Maryland's commerce secretary, asked businesses to consider getting people back to work on at least a part-time basis by taking advantage of the state's work-sharing program during a webinar with Montgomery County Council President Sidney Katz on Friday. It's part of the state's unem Parenting in a pandemic: Working moms are working less 07/17/2020 02:10pm • Nikkole Casper, a working mom in Maryland, poses with her kids. (Courtesy Nikkole Casper) 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. When the pandemic forced New information in search for Bethesda woman's body 20 years after murder, disappearance 07/17/2020 10:43am • Montgomery County police released new details Thursday in the cold case murder and disappearance of a Bethesda, Maryland, woman in 2000. Authorities say they've received "credible information" that 45-year-old Alison Thresher was murdered by Fernando Asturizaga, a convicted child sex abuser who h How should schools reopen? Experts outline complex road ahead 07/16/2020 04:51pm • The lack of in-person education has hurt students across the U.S., a group of experts from Johns Hopkins University agreed, but the process of reopening schools for the upcoming academic year presents an array of issues that must be confronted to ensure the safety of students, school staff and famil Parenting in a pandemic: The search for child care 07/16/2020 02:05pm • Kelly Gates, of Bowie, Maryland, and the kids she cares for every day at her in-home child care facility. (Courtesy Kelly Gates) 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 Prince William schools won't offer in-person instruction in fall 07/16/2020 02:28am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. Prince William County students will not be back in the classroom when the school year begins Sept. 8. In a vote late Wednesday, the sc Prince George's Co. schools CEO details grading, communication plans for school year 07/15/2020 11:50pm • Families with children in Prince George's County, Maryland, public schools received answers to their questions last night about the school system turning entirely to online learning for the first half of the upcoming school year. Nearly 14,000 Prince George's County residents dialed into a Wednes DC emergency order to be extended; uptick in coronavirus infections 07/15/2020 01:53pm • As parents await information on what their children will face for the new school year, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she will extend D.C.'s state of emergency order. "We will extend it and we will likely extend through what the Council has already authorized. And that's through October Prince George's County Public Schools to start year with distance learning 07/15/2020 12:32pm • Prince George's County Public Schools students will continue distance learning at the start of the school year through January 2021. Schools CEO Monica Goldson announced the reopening plan Wednesday afternoon, citing broad input from staff, families and other community members. "I fully unders Mom gets 5 weeks in prison for Georgetown son's online class cheating 07/15/2020 10:41am • A California woman who paid $9,000 to have someone secretly take online college courses for her son and then demanded a discount when he received a C was sentenced Wednesday to five weeks in prison. Karen Littlefair, 57, said she's ���truly sorry��� for her actions and asked the judge for lenienc Loudoun County parents concerned with back-to-school options 07/15/2020 08:01am • Citing safety as its top priority, Loudoun County Public Schools offered families with children in the school system the following options for the upcoming school year: A hybrid in-person and distance-learning option ��� in which the student would be physically in a classroom two days each week ��� Arlington superintendent wants 'pause,' not cancellation of in-person learning 07/15/2020 05:40am • Arlington County, Virginia's head of public schools clarified Tuesday that he prefers a gradual return to in-person learning over the upcoming academic year instead of a complete shift to virtual classes. During an online town hall meeting, Superintendent Francisco Dur��n said he wanted to take t Charles County school board votes to start year with all-virtual learning 07/15/2020 01:55am • Students in Charles County, Maryland, public schools will not start off the school year in person, the school board voted Tuesday. Under the plan, students would receive full-day online instruction four days a week, with Wednesdays designated as independent study days when students could also arr Survey: Nearly half of Montgomery Co. parents say they're planning for in-person learning for kids this fall 07/14/2020 11:56pm • The board of education in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Tuesday presented the results of a parent-staff survey gauging the preference of the school community with regard to the upcoming school year. Nearly 56,000 responses were collected, and findings revealed that 42% of respondents to the par Manassas schools to begin year with virtual-only instruction 07/14/2020 10:18pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner��InsideNoVa.com��and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription��today. The Manassas City School Board voted Tuesday night for full distance learning to begin the 2020 fall semester, with a delay for the fir