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MacArthur Elementary raises big bucks with mere pennies
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School students and staff raided their piggy banks to come up with 420,000 one-cent pieces for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual Pennies for Patients national fundraiser. For the mathematically challenged, that translates [...]
Va. looks to ditch No Child Left Behind
Arguing the No Child Left Behind Act’s increasingly tougher standards mistakenly portray public schools as failing, state education officials have asked for a waiver from the federal law. The decision to apply by the state board [...]
Opinion: ACPS Jefferson-Houston plans fundamentally flawed
To the editor: Alexandria City Public Schools’ plans for building a new Jefferson-Houston school are fundamentally flawed. For any school to succeed, it must be responsive to the needs of the community. But during the two-year [...]
First confidence, then success
ACPS writing gains highlight first batch of state test results
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The issues at T.C. Williams and our Youth Strategic Plan
The new federal label for T.C. WilliamsHigh School that of being among the poorest performers in the state isn't a surprise. [...]
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Loading ...- Alexandria native Brendan O'Toole is running across the country to raise money for vets @Run4Vets http://t.co/PT4hnzLEBb
(about 59 minutes ago) - RT @nduley: I was missing weekly rants about cyclists in @AlexTimesNews but today I was not disappointed, see p22 http://t.co/4VQ16ggEL6 #A…
(about 1 hour ago) - Last minute budget changes irk Silberberg, Chapman http://t.co/FaKdcrBHI1
(about 5 hours ago) - The newest edition of the Times is out today. Check it out!
(about 6 hours ago) - School board chairwoman Karen Graf speaks at the Jefferson-Houston groundbreaking http://t.co/XtUJ8B7sb8
(about 2 days ago)
Cyclists will break the law as long as they can get away with it
You could replace the word 'cyclists' with almost any other word in th
Cyclists will break the law as long as they can get away with it
Yay! Back to the crazy bicycle bashing. Maybe Kathryn Papp can write a
City Hall’s whistleblowers deserve our praise
You should know that under the law Mr. Lewis was entitled to have his
Editorial: Norfolk Southern went down the wrong track — again
Given Council's past treatment of NS it makes perfect sense to tell Co
Nominate your favorite local business as Best of Alexandria
I nominate Medieval Madness! Such an awesome place.