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Gallaudet University named most dangerous campus in America: report
WASHINGTON - A recent study has named Gallaudet University as the most dangerous campus in America. According to data obtained by the Parrish Law Firm from Campus Safety, the D.C.-based university for the deaf and hard of hearing topped the list with a staggering 1,110 incidents per 1,000 students. The...
Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — On one side of the classroom, students circled teacher Maria Fletcher and practiced vowel sounds. In another corner, children read together from a book. Scattered elsewhere, students sat at laptop computers and got reading help from online tutors. For the third graders at Mount Vernon...
Catholic school plans to add childcare
The Queen of Apostles Catholic School in Lincolnia has applied for a zoning special exception to add childcare for children ages 2 and a half to 5. The school isn’t proposing to expand its building or increase the student capacity. The Fairfax County Planning Commission is scheduled to hold...
Univ. of Maryland research center secures $500M ceiling contract from the Pentagon
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (7News) — A University of Maryland (UMD) laboratory recently locked in an up to half-billion-dollar contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) to aid in researching national security matters, according to school officials Thursday. It's the largest research contract in the school's history and was awarded...
MSD grads encouraged to carve out their own paths
Antoinette Dromo's family immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana before her freshman year of high school in search of better education and services for Dromo, who is deaf. Her family moved to Columbia in Howard County.
New principal selected for Justice HS
Sean Rolon, an assistant principal at Falls Church High School, has been named principal of Justice High School, Fairfax County Public Schools announced May 30. Rolon begins his new position on June 20. He succeeds Tiffany Narcisse. In March, Narcisse said she accepted a new job as a principal in Bahrain.
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