Ian Shapira

Articles by Ian Shapira

For More N.Va. Students, the Classroom Is on the Computer (July 24, 2008)

D.C. Backs Acting Head Of Child Services (July 21, 2008)

Reaping the Rewards Of Solid SAT Study (July 6, 2008)

What Comes Next After Generation X? (July 6, 2008)

Pressures Mount for Chief Of Prince William Schools (June 30, 2008)

Marine Killed During 2nd Deployment (June 17, 2008)

Student's Film Peering Into Spy Agency Vies for Prize (June 15, 2008)

One Family, Two High Schools, Until Budget Grows (June 12, 2008)

Three School Systems Join to Design Regional Science/Technology Magnet (May 14, 2008)

Proposal Limits Progress Reports (May 9, 2008)

Six Candidates Want To Reinvigorate Town (May 1, 2008)

When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web (April 28, 2008)

Parents of Special-Ed Students Oppose Changing Consent Rule (April 22, 2008)

U.S. Investigates Artificial Turf's Lead Levels (April 20, 2008)

Hylton Teacher Is Honored for Helping Students Envision History (April 17, 2008)

More Teachers Taking Hands-On History Lessons (April 17, 2008)

Young U.S. Capitol Aides Climb the Hill to Success (March 29, 2008)

Norfolk Airman, 34, Killed By Bomb in Afghanistan (March 24, 2008)

School Board to Study New Math Curriculum (March 23, 2008)

Length of Suspension for Gun Threat Bewilders Pr. William Boy, Parents (March 16, 2008)

Contest Puts Gears in Motion for Engineering (March 2, 2008)

Parents Rise Up Against A New Approach to Math (February 19, 2008)

Controversies Threaten to Erode Trust in Schools Chief (February 12, 2008)

Schools Chief to Be Deposed in N.Y. Bias Suit (February 11, 2008)

Meeting Planned On Schools Chief (February 9, 2008)

Speaking the Language of Love (February 8, 2008)

Students, Parents Rise In Defense of Programs (February 7, 2008)

Law Seen as Step To Cut Students' Debt Burdens (February 4, 2008)

Math Classes At Elementary Schools Prompt Parents' Outcry (January 24, 2008)

Between Math and History, Va. Students Hit Gridlock (January 22, 2008)

Student's Mechanics Passion Pays Off (January 17, 2008)

Bringing Up Babies, And Defying the Norm (January 15, 2008)

Va. Award Highlights Schools' Similarities (January 13, 2008)

Budget Woes May Delay High School's Opening (January 6, 2008)

At Rosa Parks Elementary, They've Got To Have Hart (December 9, 2007)

Salaries of Teachers Lag Behind Nearby Counties (December 7, 2007)

Schools Use Security Tools, ID Checks to Screen Visitors (December 6, 2007)

County Schools Use High-Tech Tools to Screen Visitors (December 6, 2007)

Swipe of Visitors' ID Cards Will Flag Sex Offenders (December 4, 2007)

A Mixed Blessing for Aspiring Lawyers (November 30, 2007)

Smooth Holiday Travel Bewilders but Delights (November 26, 2007)

School Board Braces for New Fight On Funding (November 25, 2007)

School Board Member Brings Big Agenda (November 11, 2007)

Suit Spurred By Opinion Piece on Day Laborers (November 8, 2007)

Rise in Latino Enrollment Is Slowing (November 4, 2007)

Fulfillment Elusive for Young Altruists In the Crowded Field of Public Interest (November 2, 2007)

Knives, Not Guns, Have Been Weapon of Choice in Campus Crimes, Study Finds (November 2, 2007)

With Eight Open Seats, Makeup of Board Shifting (November 1, 2007)

Fired Teacher Produces Evaluations (October 30, 2007)

Knowing State Tests' 'Cut' Scores (October 22, 2007)

Parents Unsure How to React to Staph Infections (October 21, 2007)

Enrollment Growth In Schools Declines (October 14, 2007)

Probe Finds Misconduct by School Board Candidate (October 5, 2007)

Varying Standards May Hurt 'No Child' (October 4, 2007)

Festival Freedom (October 1, 2007)

Bush Signs Sweeping Student Loan Bill Into Law, Adding an Asterisk (September 28, 2007)

Fired Teacher Wants to Join School Board (September 25, 2007)

Cartoonist Forced Out Over Image of African Famine (September 12, 2007)

Titans of Ecology (September 11, 2007)

More Are Taking a Rain Check on College (August 5, 2007)

Eye on the Goal (August 5, 2007)

No Objections Here (July 24, 2007)

Immigrants' Access to Schools Is Discussed (July 15, 2007)

Home-Schoolers Get Chance to Join the Club (July 8, 2007)

For Home Students, Chance to Join the Club in Public School (July 5, 2007)

School Board Chief Calls Busing the Wrong Path to Racial Balance (July 5, 2007)

Cheating Cheaters of the Chance (June 13, 2007)

School Board Seeks More Autonomy With Suit (June 10, 2007)

Va. Tech Building to Reopen; Officials Cite Fiscal Reasons (June 6, 2007)

Pr. William GOP Consulting Gig Raises Eyebrows (May 4, 2007)

County to Pranksters: Bomb Threats Mean Jail (May 3, 2007)

Beauchamp Will Run as Independent (April 29, 2007)

A Place Between Grief And Going Forward (April 19, 2007)

Student Wrote About Death and Spoke in Whispers, But No One Imagined What Cho Seung Hui Would Do (April 18, 2007)

Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech In Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History (April 17, 2007)

Author's Poverty Views Disputed Yet Utilized (April 15, 2007)

In April, Trotting in Winter Wonderland (April 8, 2007)

In a Big Year, Jamestown Grows as a Study Subject (April 5, 2007)

Racist Writing as a Teen Haunted GMU Candidate (April 3, 2007)

Producing The Pros For a Grade (March 28, 2007)

Budget Deal Nets Raise for Teachers (March 25, 2007)

Tax Policy Might Mean Smaller Teacher Raises (March 21, 2007)

Schools Seek More Funds for Teacher Raises (March 18, 2007)

Modern-Day 3 R's: Rules, Rules, Rules (March 11, 2007)

Many Question $37 Million Center As County Schools Face Budget Deficit (February 22, 2007)

Teachers Fight Proposed Salary (February 18, 2007)

Snowbound and Stir-Crazy (February 17, 2007)

Tough Choices In School Budget (February 11, 2007)

An Obscure Name Prompts a Familiar Debate (February 4, 2007)

Party Animal (February 4, 2007)

New Teen Taunt: You Call Those Advanced Classes? (January 25, 2007)

County, School Board Diverge on Tax Rate (January 21, 2007)

Class of '07 Faces a Range of Tests (January 21, 2007)

Low Water Keeps Tourists Out of Museums (January 14, 2007)

Five Boys Face Charges In Robberies, Hate Crime (January 12, 2007)

Allure of Magnet Schools Wins Over Nearby Districts (December 29, 2006)

Ford's Former Home Languishes on Market (December 28, 2006)

Educators, Parents Eager for an Edge Opt for IB Classes In Grade Schools (December 17, 2006)

Teacher Suspended After Getting Cheeky With a Painting (December 14, 2006)

County Will Begin IB Program at Eight Elementary Schools (December 10, 2006)

Va. Teen's Drowning Bewilders Mother (December 4, 2006)

Beauchamp Leaves a Legacy (December 3, 2006)

Public Face of Pr. William Schools Leaving Board (December 1, 2006)

Cheering New Custom, If Not the Stuffing (November 23, 2006)

Those Who Pass Classes But Fail Tests Cry Foul (November 21, 2006)

Three Educators Honored by Post for Work at Schools (November 19, 2006)

Political Neutrality Takes A Recess (November 9, 2006)

Board to Decide if New Offices Would Be Money Well Spent (November 8, 2006)

Nursing a Career (November 5, 2006)

Davis's Opponent Runs Against Bush (November 2, 2006)

Pr. William Board Open To Single-Sex Education (October 29, 2006)

Sidewalk Shortage Sidetracks Children (October 26, 2006)

A Heady Day for Fliers (October 15, 2006)

Social Studies Dwindling (October 1, 2006)

More Clout Sought for Social Studies in U.S. Law (September 29, 2006)

Teens' T-Shirts Make Educators Squirm (September 27, 2006)

Party Animal (September 24, 2006)

Setting New Courses for Careers (September 21, 2006)

For High School Freshmen, Toughest Test May Be First Day (September 10, 2006)

Reeling From Test Results, N.Va. Educators Regroup (September 2, 2006)

South Asian Music's Booming Beat Drives A Mogul in the Making (September 1, 2006)

As Scores Still Lag, Focus Put On SAT (August 31, 2006)

Ivy Rankings? Rah, Rah, Sis-Boom-Blah (August 21, 2006)

County Program Gets Kaine's Attention (August 20, 2006)

The New Face of Summer School (August 7, 2006)

Influx of Students Likely by 2010 (August 3, 2006)

Killings and Robberies Increase (July 27, 2006)

Lacking School, Proposal Rejected (July 25, 2006)

Police Thwart Drag Race, Arrest 61 on Incinerator Site (July 19, 2006)

Pr. William Schools Chief Faces Doubts on Leadership (July 16, 2006)

After Toil and Trouble, 'Witch' Is Cleared (July 12, 2006)

Where Pride Needs No Translation (July 10, 2006)

Son Charged In Slaying of Woman, 53 (July 10, 2006)

3 VDOT Robberies Probed For Connections to Agency (July 8, 2006)