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How to talk to kids about Thanksgiving so that they really get it 11/26/2019 06:46am • While cleaning out her first grade son's backpack last week, Elyse Gilbert found something that surprised her. Mixed in with the regular detritus of the school day, the crumpled sweatshirts and food wrappers, was a blatantly inappropriate Thanksgiving-themed worksheet. O DC mayor receives high marks on city schools in new poll 11/25/2019 11:32am • A recent poll suggests more Washingtonians are thinking positively of their public schools, with a record number of D.C. residents seeing improvement in the city's school system. In a survey conducted by The Washington Post between Nov. 12 and Nov. 17, 44% of adults either with or without kids at As DC area schools deal with racist behavior, Anne Arundel Co. moves for written apologies 11/24/2019 06:31am • A bathroom at Wilson High School in D.C. was found vandalized with hate symbols and speech scrawled on the walls on Wednesday afternoon in a pattern of behavior that has grown all too familiar at schools in the D.C. region. In a note sent home by the principal, the incident is described as the la Hosting Thanksgiving dinner? Check your pantry and fridge for these recalled foods 11/24/2019 12:59am • If you're hosting Thanksgiving festivities this year, it's time to check your pantry and fridge. Federal health officials are warning people to avoid some foods due to a series of issues -- from E. coli to lack of inspection. Here are the foods to keep away from your holiday table. Romaine lettu Sprint may soon be a dead brand, one way or another 11/23/2019 08:16am • Sprint is a storied American brand, but it's one that could cease to exist if its $26 billion merger with T-Mobile is approved. If the long-awaited merger goes through, it would mean not only the end of Sprint's long corporate history, it would also mark the end of several bruising decades of fai Maryland bill may follow Queen Anne���s County balloon release law 11/22/2019 10:33pm • ANNAPOLIS, Maryland ��� Letting a balloon float away in Maryland would draw in a fine of $250, under a bill sponsored by Sen. Clarence Lam, D-Howard and Baltimore counties, legislation that is similar to a Queen Anne���s County law. Lam said he hopes that this bill does two things: reduces the am To help protect kids from predators, parents might need to control, limit and track their devices 11/22/2019 03:44pm • Protecting kids from predators can be particularly challenging if they're using apps for social media chats. An investigation by The Washington Post on Apple App Store offerings, such as Yubo, ChatLive, Chat for Strangers, Skout and Holla, reveals that one of the most common complaints is minors Howard Co. school boundary changes approved; more than 5,000 students to move 11/22/2019 05:25am • The Howard County Board of Education approved changes to several school boundaries around the Maryland county. Those changes are set to take effect next fall. In all about 5,400 ��� nearly 10% ��� of the students in Howard County will see themselves moved into other schools beginning next year. I Movie Review: 'Frozen II' is sparkling proof that fans don't need to let it go 11/22/2019 02:50am • To say the first "Frozen" (2013) was a cultural phenomenon is an understatement. Not only did it win two Oscars for Best Animated Film and Best Original Song ("Let It Go"), it inspired a generation of kids to dress up as Elsa and Anna and dance around the living room following the bouncing ba Anne Arundel Co. sticks with post-Labor Day school start 11/21/2019 10:28am • The Anne Arundel County public school system will stick with a school calendar for next year that doesn't begin until after Labor Day. The Board of Education in the Maryland county voted Nov. 20 to adopt a school calendar that calls for classes to begin on Sept. 8, 2020, and end on June 18, 2021. Movie Review: Tom Hanks becomes Mr. Rogers in 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' 11/21/2019 12:49am • For nearly half a century, ���Mr. Rogers��� Neighborhood��� taught children love, empathy and kindness on public television for 912 episodes from 1968-2001. So it's about time that Fred Rogers' cultural moment has arrived, first with the PBS retrospective "It's You I Like," which aired in Mar Montgomery Co. teacher arrested on sex abuse charge 11/20/2019 08:26pm • A Montgomery, County, Maryland, public high school teacher was arrested Wednesday on a charge of sexual abuse. Peter Wright Priest Mason, of New Market, is accused of sexually abusing a girl at Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood, where he was working as a teacher. He is also charged with Dentophobia: Managing a child's fear of the dentist 11/20/2019 12:30pm • One in five children have a real fear of the dentist, making routine checkups a stressful encounter for dentists, patients, and parents alike. (Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto/Zinkevych) Children can have many different fears. Depending on their age, they may have a fear of strangers, monsters Study: Most American infants and toddlers eat added sugar 11/20/2019 11:00am • Most young American children consume added sugar, despite nutritionists' warnings to avoid them before the age of two. (Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto/FamVeld) A new government study says more than 8 in 10 American infants and toddlers have added sugars in their diets. About 98% of toddler Guzzone to replace King as chair of Md. Senate budget panel 11/20/2019 10:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Sen. Guy J. Guzzone (D-Howard). (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) Sen. Guy J. Guzzone will replace Sen. Nancy J. King as he