LOCAL EDUCATION

The University of the District of Columbia is aiming to increase enrollment and student success through its new strategic plan.

The topic was whether life without parole should be abolished. The inmates said the opportunity gave them purpose.

Georgetown Law has agreed to extend a period to defer exams for a pregnant student after she was initially denied.

Georgetown President John DeGioia steps down after 23 years at the university’s top leader, citing health issues.

The chairs of eight Northern Virginia school boards are asking the state’s Education Department to delay implementation of the new accountability system.

Charles County superintendent says discipline is being imposed after the alleged incident in a school bathroom.

Some Montgomery high schools will offer Holocaust studies as a semester-long elective course, following a school board vote earlier this month.

Facing a $60 million budget shortfall, the university’s acting provost said American is poised to restructure the School of Education, prompting panic among students.

The Fairfax County School Board has renewed the contract of Superintendent Michelle Reid at an annual salary of more than $424,000.

Truancy in D.C.’s public schools has returned to pre-pandemic levels while chronic absenteeism is at its lowest since schools closed nearly five years ago, new data show.

Howard University is expected to regain its R1 research status, becoming the only historically Black institution with this distinction.

Tuesday’s unofficial election results show most incumbents in Montgomery and Prince George’s were behind. Two races were still tight.

The Salisbury University students were accused of slapping, beating and spitting on a man after one allegedly made a Grindr account to lure him to an apartment.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) unveiled a new web site where parents, teachers and community members can research and compare performance of K-12 schools.

Parents of color in Montgomery County say the district doesn’t clearly communicate if their child is behind academically. They want school officials to be more direct with parents.

After Kamala Harris’s loss, students, alumni and faculty at her alma mater Howard University described a sense of hope and joy cut short by disappointment.

Alexandria City council member Alyia Gaskins (D), who was running uncontested, will become the city’s first Black woman mayor.

A report from a Prince George’s schools watchdog said board members failed to enforce an attendance policy. They paid $9,792.32 to a member working in Missouri.