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Our volunteer FEC Media Watchers have developed a nice list of local news stories. Search by date, media source, or tag.
Format: 2013-05-20

Fairfax teachers say money equals happiness

Published on: 
Tue, 01/03/2012
Media Source: 
Washington Examiner
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http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/education/2012/01/fairfax-teachers-s...

More and more Fairfax County teachers say their job satisfaction hinges on their paychecks, according to a survey of teachers obtained by

In Washington area, African American students suspended and expelled two to five times as often as whites

Published on: 
Thu, 12/29/2011
Media Source: 
Washington Post
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-washington-area-african...

Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to five times as often as white students, creating disparities in discipline that experts say reflect a growing nationa

Closing the achievement gap, but at gifted students’ expense

Published on: 
Mon, 12/19/2011
Media Source: 
Washington Post
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/closing-the-achievement-gap-but-a...

President Obama’s remarks on inequality, stoking populist anger at “the rich,” suggest that the theme for his reelection bid will be not hope and change but focus on reducing class disparity wi

Va. lawmakers upset that publisher refuses to submit schoolbooks to state’s education department

Published on: 
Sat, 12/17/2011
Media Source: 
Washington Post
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/va-lawmakers-upset-that-pu...

A year after Virginia overhauled its textbook approval process in an effort to cleanse classrooms of error-ridden books, one publisher is refusing to submit its scholarship to the state Department

Making Science Leap From the Page

Published on: 
Sat, 12/17/2011
Media Source: 
New York Times
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/business/online-textbooks-aim-to-make-...
WHEN a college textbook, “Principles of Biology,” comes out from the Nature Publishing Group in January, one place it won’t be is on the shelves of school bookstores.

Fairfax board authorizes high school surveillance cameras

Published on: 
Fri, 12/16/2011
Media Source: 
Connection Newspapers
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-board-authorizes-h...

The Fairfax County School Board decided Thursday to permit indoor video surveillance cameras for the first time, capping a

Editorial:Editorial: Five Suggestions for New School Board Half of the School Board members are new.

Published on: 
Thu, 12/15/2011
Media Source: 
Connection Newspapers
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http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=356684&paper=81&...

On Monday, Dec. 19, the newly elected members of the Fairfax County School Board will be sworn in, marking the largest number of new members at one time in memory.

Fairfax officials use school’s success to support return to shorter hours

Published on: 
Thu, 12/15/2011
Media Source: 
Washington Post
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-officials-use-scho...

To balance a tough budget, Fairfax County last year eliminated a key learning tool for nearly two dozen of its neediest schools: extra class

Creating Education Success at Home

Published on: 
Thu, 12/15/2011
Media Source: 
Ed Week
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http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/10/19/08tucker_ep.h31.html?tkn=NQ...

Despite the fact that the United States spends more per student on elementary and secondary education than any other nation except Luxembourg, students in a growing number of nations outperform

When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids

Published on: 
Wed, 12/14/2011
Media Source: 
Washington Post
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/revealed-school-bo...

QUIZ: Take part of the test that the local school board member took in the story below: 

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