As Fairfax County Public Schools looks to add more Advanced Academic
Program Centers and address overcrowding at some that already exist, it
is reaching out to parents and community membe
Shortly after the start of the school year in September, Kirsten
Rucker had scheduled an X-ray appointment for one of her twin sons —
both juniors at Oakton High School — after class.
Some Fairfax County teachers said they plan to
resort to "cheating" to perform well on new evaluations introduced this
fall that link their ratings to student achievement
Fairfax County Public Schools students largely outperformed their
peers on the 2011-2012 Virginia Standard of Learning (SOL) tests,
including on more rigorous state math standards introduced fo
