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Fairfax teachers say money equals happiness

Published on: 
Tue, 01/03/2012
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Washington Examiner
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More and more Fairfax County teachers say their job satisfaction hinges on their paychecks, according to a survey of teachers obtained by

Fairfax Superintendent Jack D. Dale to retire

Published on: 
Fri, 09/23/2011
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Washington Post
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Fairfax County Superintendent Jack D. Dale, who has weathered a brutal recession and parent frustrations while steering one of the nation’s top-performing suburban school systems for seven years, said Thursday that he will retire when his contract ends in June 2013. Dissatisfaction among some parents and teachers has made Dale a lightning rod in a high-stakes school board campaign. Half of the 12 incumbents are not seeking reelection this fall.

Students back to school in N. Virginia; Fairfax begins full-day kindergarten

Published on: 
Wed, 09/07/2011
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Washington Post
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Kindergarten, once an easygoing half-day program, is now a full-day academic affair at every elementary school across Fairfax County.

Editorial:Setting School Board accountability

Published on: 
Fri, 08/12/2011
Media Source: 
Fairfax Times
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School boundary debates in Fairfax County have grown so heated in recent years that one need only mention the name of a school and the year of a related School Board decision to spark those old

Phoenix District Schools Add Time, Improve Results

Published on: 
Mon, 08/01/2011
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Until last month, Saul Martinez had no idea he goes to school 20 days longer each year than most other fifth-graders in Arizona.  Saul is part of a 2-year-old experiment in the Balsz Elementary School District, the first of two small Phoenix districts to stretch their school year by a month.

Clifton Elementary’s final last day

Published on: 
Wed, 06/22/2011
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Washington Post
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Teachers, students and parents line the curb to wave goodbye to the buses leaving at the close of school. Now, the residents who were angry about the school's closure are focusing their energy toward establishing a charter school on the small hilltop where a town school has stood since 1912.

Arlington to offer second chance for teens caught using drugs or alcohol

Published on: 
Thu, 06/16/2011
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Washington Post
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A new Arlington County program will soon offer a second chance for teenagers caught using drugs or alcohol: a three-day session on substance abuse that will take the place of a school suspension or court hearing.The shift comes as many school districts in the Washington region reevaluate their disciplinary policies, particularly those known

Fairfax County school redistricting plans draw protests from parents

Published on: 
Wed, 11/24/2010
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Fairfax County is considering its most sweeping redistricting plan in several years as it seeks to balance booming enrollment at many elementary schools and the expected closure of one, Clifton Elementary.

The Southwestern Boundary Study, which the school board authorized in September, contemplates four approaches to rebalancing populations within a school district that is growing swiftly but unevenly, with the heaviest growth along the Route 29 corridor through the heart of the county.

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