Sixth-Grader Wins Va. Geography Bee

Mercer Student Preps For U.S. Event in May

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Partha Narasimhan has always surprised his parents. At 2, he was able to recite Shakespeare, they said. At 4, he read Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time." Early on, he abandoned cartoons for the History Channel and the Learning Channel. Read story »

Teens Wise to Drugs, Study Says

Most Making Healthy Decisions, but Youth Violence May Be Rising

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Most middle and high school students in Loudoun County are making good decisions about their health and how to spend their time, although there are signs of an increase in youth violence, according to a study released last week. Read story »

Program Rewards Desire to Teach

1,500 Professionals Have Switched Fields

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Two years ago, Tricia Virts was earning a six-figure salary from the communications company Sprint as a technical support staff manager. Now she earns a third of her former pay, teaching basic computer skills at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Ashburn so that students can start preparing for business careers of their own. Read story »

School Officials Resisting Federal Reading-Test Rule

Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007

In Diane Scott's language arts class at Seneca Ridge Middle School in Sterling, students are learning how to use adjectives to liven up sentences and how to connect sentences to make a paragraph. Read story »

Inspiring Minds to Take Flight

Teachers Use Space Training to Rouse Love of Math, Science

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006

After a day spent somersaulting in zero gravity in an airplane, a group of math and science teachers were still sporting flight suits when they stood before their classes Friday morning at Seneca Ridge Middle School. Read story »