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Kim Stiles

@LuvEdTech

Middle school technology teacher who loves to learn new things!

 United States
Joined April 2013
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John Brooks Slaughter, trailblazing leader at U-Md., dies at 89 washingtonpost.com/obituarie…

John Brooks Slaughter, trailblazing leader at U-Md., dies at 89

Trained as an electrical engineer, he became the first Black president of the National Science Foundation in 1980. He later oversaw the University of Maryland.

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The right school can change a D.C. child’s life. Could his parents find it? washingtonpost.com/education…

The right school can change a D.C. child’s life. Could his parents find it?

D.C.’s annual public school fair gives parents a first look at a choice that could affect their child’s career — even for a 6-year-old.

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A teacher wrote a Palestinian rallying cry in her email. She’s on leave. washingtonpost.com/education…

A teacher wrote a Palestinian rallying cry in her email. She’s on leave.

Montgomery County, Md., has now suspended at least three teachers for similar speech.

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U-Va. to cover tuition, fees for Virginia families making $100k or less washingtonpost.com/education…
U-Va. to cover tuition, fees for Virginia families making $100k or less

U-Va. to cover tuition, fees for Virginia families making $100k or less

The University of Virginia is expanding its financial aid program to cover tuition and fees for families who make $100,000 or less.

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Youngkin proposes child care, early education funding as pandemic money ends washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Youngkin proposes child care, early education funding as pandemic money ends

The state had used $794 million in federal funds to expand child care and early education, but the end of that funding means 27,000 children could lose access to their care.

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D.C. schools bar students from classrooms for missing vaccines washingtonpost.com/education…
D.C. schools bar students from classrooms for missing vaccines

D.C. schools bar students from classrooms for missing vaccines

The mandates had not previously been enforced so now parents are scrambling for medical appointments.

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Fairfax changes blizzard policy as D.C.-area schools prep for snowy winter washingtonpost.com/education…

Fairfax changes blizzard policy as D.C.-area schools prep for snowy winter

Fairfax County Public Schools announced this week that it will revert to a traditional snow day policy with 11 snow days built into the calendar.

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Religious Md. parents appeal to court to skip books with LGBTQ+ characters washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Religious Md. parents appeal to court to skip books with LGBTQ+ characters

A panel of federal judges is considering whether to temporarily block a Montgomery County school district policy to disallow opt-outs for LGBTQ+ books.

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Watchdog finds evidence of misconduct by Montgomery middle school principal washingtonpost.com/education…
Watchdog finds evidence of misconduct by Montgomery middle school principal

Watchdog finds evidence of misconduct by Montgomery middle school principal

A report from the Montgomery County inspector general “substantiated allegations” of misconduct by former middle school principal Joel Beidleman.

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D.C. teachers are leaving their classrooms. Here’s why. washingtonpost.com/education…

D.C. teachers are leaving their classrooms. Here’s why.

Across the nation’s capital, more than one in four teachers left their schools between the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.

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Two in five D.C. students were chronically absent last year, data show washingtonpost.com/education…
Two in five D.C. students were chronically absent last year, data show

Two in five D.C. students were chronically absent last year, data show

The new figures were laid out in the city’s annual attendance report.

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Alumnae saved Sweet Briar College. Now one of them will lead the school. washingtonpost.com/education…

Alumnae saved Sweet Briar College. Now one of them will lead the school.

Mary Pope Maybank Hutson, a 1983 graduate of Sweet Briar College, will be the 14th president of the private women’s school near Lynchburg, Va.

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Julius Becton, Army general who led FEMA and D.C. schools, dies at 97 washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
Julius Becton, Army general who led FEMA and D.C. schools, dies at 97

Julius Becton, Army general who led FEMA and D.C. schools, dies at 97

He became one of the military’s highest-ranking Black officers before launching a second career as a public administrator.

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Seven Montgomery schools are named after enslavers. That could change. washingtonpost.com/education…
Seven Montgomery schools are named after enslavers. That could change.

Seven Montgomery schools are named after enslavers. That could change.

Parents from Magruder High School in Derwood filed a petition to rename their school after learning Col. Zadok Magruder enslaved 26 people.

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Kids keep missing school in Virginia. Leaders are looking to curb that. washingtonpost.com/education…
Kids keep missing school in Virginia. Leaders are looking to curb that.

Kids keep missing school in Virginia. Leaders are looking to curb that.

Virginia schools are looking for ways to combat chronic absenteeism as data shows the state is struggling to get students back in the classroom after the pandemic.

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New program to let more Prince George’s residents attend college for free washingtonpost.com/education…
New program to let more Prince George’s residents attend college for free

New program to let more Prince George’s residents attend college for free

A scholarship for some residents of Prince George’s County, Md., attending the local community college is gaining traction in the week since its launch.

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D.C. teens, now new authors, celebrate book launch washingtonpost.com/education…
D.C. teens, now new authors, celebrate book launch

D.C. teens, now new authors, celebrate book launch

The D.C. high school students wrote books about climate change, extreme weather and grief as part of an after-school program with Reach Incorporated.

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D.C. says teens need financial literacy. This is how it could look. washingtonpost.com/education…
D.C. says teens need financial literacy. This is how it could look.

D.C. says teens need financial literacy. This is how it could look.

Officials hope to introduce instruction during the 2024-2025 school year.

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Alexandria School Board member resigns, election to follow washingtonpost.com/education…
Alexandria School Board member resigns, election to follow

Alexandria School Board member resigns, election to follow

Willie Bailey, who was elected in 2021, did not say why he was leaving.

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Montgomery teacher denies Hamas raid, accuses Israel of organ theft washingtonpost.com/education…

Montgomery teacher denies Hamas raid, accuses Israel of organ theft

An educator at Tilden Middle School ‘may be on leave’ after screenshots showed a social media post of hers containing misinformation about Israel.

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