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Reform the Reforms

Reform would re-direct education expectations to ensure that every child was a successful learner.

Not unlike a raw material fed into one end of the school factory, the children are expected to come out the other end as a defined product. Teachers are the assembly-line workers with strict product specifications their students are expected to meet with the teacher’s rate of pay increasingly dependent upon the students’ performance.

Mount Vernon School Board Member Dan Storck Addresses Concerns Over CIP

It was standing room only at one point in the Sherwood Regional Library. Parents concerned over the significant boundary changes outlined in Fairfax County Public Schools proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for FY 2016-2020 had gathered on Jan. 10 to hear from School Board Mount Vernon representative Dan Storck.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Private, Not Public Solutions

Alzheimer’s Conference to Be Held in Fairfax

City Rental Inspections on Horizon?

Reinstatement of former rental unit safety and maintenance inspection to be reviewed by council.

City Rental Inspections on Horizon?

Sequestration: Local Perspective

Springfield small-business owner tackles the sequester.

“The uncertainty is the worst thing. How did we get into this? How do I survive and make sure my employees have a good standard of living? It’s mind-boggling,” Tony Coombs, owner of TC Associates—a Springfield-based cyber-security and professional consulting firm—said during an interview at his headquarters last week.

McLean High Named Crown Award Finalist

School receives one of the highest national honors in scholastic journalism.

McLean High School's "The Highlander" was named a national Crown Award finalist by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) -- one of the highest honors in scholastic journalism across the country for overall excellence. "My students don’t put as much effort as they do into the newsmagazine just for the awards they might win—they do it because they genuinely care about creating a high quality publication that will inform and entertain their readers, said Benedict.

New political action committee enters political scene with controversial phone survey.

Poll Fuels Campaign Controversy

Two-Wheeling for Tumor Research

Springfield couple raises money for Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.

Two-Wheeling for Tumor Research

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