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New York Times book editor shares tips on 'How to Raise a Reader' 09/09/2019 01:01am • Research shows that reading can improve vocabulary, social skills and empathy. It can also reduce stress and the rate of cognitive decline ��� plus, it���s fun. But how do you get a child to love it? Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, shares some tips from her latest book, What changed in how the 2020 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings were calculated? 09/08/2019 08:00pm • Today marks the 35th edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. Over the decades, U.S. News has published data on colleges and universities to help prospective students and their families make the important -- and costly -- decision about where to go to college. While the metrics have chang Meet the 14-year-old George Washington University freshman 09/08/2019 07:51pm • No, that 14-year-old kid isn't touring George Washington University. He's a student there. His mom, Malene Lawrence, said he's loved dinosaurs and paleontology since he was a 1-year-old. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) A teenager is starting classes at George Washington University this fall as a college f Reunited and feeling good, NICU grads gather to celebrate life 09/07/2019 07:30pm • A group of former neonatal intensive care unit patients and their parents gathered to celebrate the gift of health after a rough start to life. The "NICU grads," as they're also called, met up on a sunny Saturday at the National Zoo's Great Meadow for a fun time, including food, frolicking, face- Eva Longoria, other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of sentencing 09/06/2019 09:57pm • Actress Felicity Huffman is asking for a year's probation, 250 hours of community service and a $20,000 fine for her involvement in the college admissions scandal, a new filing from her attorneys says. "She is remorseful ��� indeed, deeply ashamed ��� about what she did," her attorneys wrote in t Poorer schools in Prince William County have more teachers with less experience 09/06/2019 10:48am • 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. When she was growing up, Ashley Dunnaway, a first-grade teacher at Minnieville Elementary School, said her teachers inspired her and DC police officer's family accused of residency fraud, sued for $775,000 09/05/2019 02:45pm • A Maryland family, which includes a D.C. police officer and a D.C. social worker, is being sued for more than $775,000 after the District's top prosecutor claimed they fraudulently sent their kids to the city's public schools. In all, D.C. is looking for $2.9 million in restitution from 10 Maryla Diapers will be tax-free in DC starting October 09/05/2019 10:41am • Beginning next month, those who buy diapers in the District won't have to pay any taxes on them. The elimination of the sales tax on diapers, effective Oct. 1, is part of D.C.'s budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Dropping the tax will cost the District $4.5 million. "Combined with other cost-sav First day of school for 4-year-old UK Princess Charlotte 09/05/2019 09:26am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain’s Princess Charlotte had plenty of support on her first day of school ��� she was accompanied by older brother Prince George and her parents, Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. William said Friday their 4-year-old daughter was “very e It's never too early to save for the holidays 09/05/2019 04:03am • School is not the only thing that started in September. The holiday countdown has begun, as well. Here are ways to plan for the best gift of all: a debt-free holiday. Rebecca Jarvis, chief business, economics and technology correspondent for ABC, said that it is time to start thinking of your hol Loudoun Co. parade will honor team that made it to Little League World Series 09/04/2019 09:00pm • South Riding, Virginia's Brody Harris (14), Michael Bowden (3), Joe Ross (5) and Matt Coleman (1) watch from the dugout against River Ridge, Louisiana during the fifth inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. River R Kids attend same Prince George's Co. elementary school that mom and dad did 09/03/2019 11:56pm • The question was ���What makes a great teacher?��� The blue sticky note is the response from Prince George���s County School CEO Dr. Monica Goldson. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)   Lots of parents sign up to volunteer at their child's school, but for one Prince George's County resident, the ties to M Montgomery County superintendent expects phone policy changes 09/03/2019 10:57am • On the first day of the 2019-2020 school year, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith expects the system's policy regarding students' use of phones will likely change. The county's policy dictates phones be kept off and out of sight during school hours, unless the teacher inst Back to school: Nearly 1 million Md. students return, plus Alexandria and Arlington 09/03/2019 07:50am •   With Labor Day now in the rear view mirror, nearly a million students in Maryland are headed back to school ��� and more than half of them are in the D.C. area. Some of the largest school districts in Maryland are in the D.C. area ��� including Montgomery County ��� where enrollment has Requiem for a team: P-Nats say goodbye to Woodbrige, Pfitzner Stadium 09/03/2019 02:46am • Last Thursday, the unassuming white sign on the northwest corner of Prince William Parkway and Greatbridge Road announced GAME TONIGHT for the final time. Inside the aging, outdated Pfiztner Stadium in Woodbridge, Virginia ��� known affectionately as The Pfitz ��� the Potomac Nationals played under