Grace Becker

Math and science gaps found at elite Fairfax school

Educators at Fairfax County’s vaunted Thomas Jefferson

New York firm publishes test-prep book for TJ entrance exam

A new player is entering the crowded field of businesses that aim to help eighth-grade students improve their chances of admission to Fairfax County’s elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science an

Fairfax elementary schools abandoning letter grades

There won’t be any more straight-A students next year in Fairfax County elementary schools. Thanks to a bold change in grading policy, there won’t be any more A’s at all — or, for that matter, B’s, C’s or D’s. The letter grades stamped on report cards across America, long symbols of academic success or failure, are vanishing from many schools in the Washington area and beyond.

Fairfax County To Adopt 'Standards-Based' Report Cards

January 10, 2011 - Elementary students in Fairfax County Public Schools will always have to master their ABCs.