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Officials, Advocates Ask for More Funding in Fairfax Schools

Fairfax County Executive Ed Long has recommended giving the county's school system a 2 percent increase in funding over the transfer it received last year.

Fairfax County Teachers: Workload Proposals 'Not Enough'

Fairfax County School Board members agreed Monday on four initiatives to address the system's years-long teacher workload issue, in

Fairfax School Board Moves Budget Forward

The Fairfax County School Board approved an advertised $2.5 billion fiscal year 2014 budget Thursday that asks count

Early Ed, Achievement Gap Issues Dominate Budget Work Session

Amendments to Fairfax Superintendent Jack Dale's $2.5 billion proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget could

Teacher Pay a Heavy Topic at Schools Hearing

Kevin Hickerson has taught in Fairfax County Public Schools for a decade, but this year is the first he's realized he may need to change careers if he wants to continue to live here and make en

Gov. Bob McDonnell pushing Teach for America in Va. schools

Virginia Gov.

Teachers: Don't Shortchange Entry-Level Hires

Leaders of Fairfax County teachers unions say new teachers hired at the lowest pay step this school year will be earning $1,129 less than their counterparts in 2009 as part of pay scale adjustm

Fairfax drops effort to fire veteran teacher

The Fairfax County school system has dropped its effort to fire Violet Nichols, a veteran sixth-grade teacher who spent the past year fighting to keep her job after she was accused of incompete

Northern Virginia teacher evaluations to put greater weight on student progress

School systems across Northern Virginia are — grudgingly, in some cases — joining a

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• Edgar B. Hatrick III
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• Morton Sherman
• National Council on Teacher Quality
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• Steven Greenburg
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