Maria Glod

Articles by Maria Glod

Test Results Improve After 'No Child' Law, Study Finds (June 25, 2008)

Report Finds Little Gain From Vouchers (June 17, 2008)

Groom Turns Heads With an Elephant of an Entrance (June 15, 2008)

More Schools Trying Separation of the Sexes (June 15, 2008)

Mandated Tutoring Not Helping Md., Va. Scores (June 13, 2008)

2008 Enrollment In U.S. Expected To Set Record (June 9, 2008)

Power Still Out With Heat Wave Bearing Down (June 7, 2008)

Area Works to Recover From Storm Damages (June 6, 2008)

Power Outages Remain After Storm (June 6, 2008)

Storms Leave a Great Big Mess (June 6, 2008)

One Dead After Powerful Storms (June 5, 2008)

Dancing to Dreams At the Cinderella Ball (June 2, 2008)

Study Questions 'No Child' Act's Reading Plan (May 2, 2008)

Searching for Science to Guide Good Teaching (April 28, 2008)

Standardized Formula For Graduation Rates May Soon Pair With Tests (April 28, 2008)

As Congress Tarries, Administration Proposes Changes to 'No Child' Law (April 23, 2008)

Schools Get A Lesson in Lunch Line Economics (April 14, 2008)

Va. 8th-Graders Edge Peers in Writing (April 4, 2008)

Ocean City Fire Damages Restaurant, Store, Arcade (March 31, 2008)

Bush Aide Defends Reading Program (March 30, 2008)

Proposal Would Clarify Law On Sharing Student Information (March 26, 2008)

Clashing Rules Block School Aid, GAO Finds (March 26, 2008)

U.S. Eases 'No Child' Sanctions (March 19, 2008)

Law Opens Opportunities for Disabled (March 17, 2008)

Assurances Offered on U.S. Student Loans (March 15, 2008)

Panel Urges Schools to Emphasize Core Math Skills (March 14, 2008)

Johns Hopkins President To Retire at End of Year (March 11, 2008)

Assembly Passes Bill to Allow 'No Child' Opt-Out (March 9, 2008)

Reading and Math Curtailing Other Topics, Study Finds (February 25, 2008)

Va. Does the Math, Boosts Efforts (February 21, 2008)

Finding Time for Success (February 4, 2008)

Area Schools Set To Lose Millions Under Medicaid Policy Changes (February 3, 2008)

U.S. Wants $15 Million Back (January 26, 2008)

Shelters Brace for Frigid Blast (January 20, 2008)

'Dashboards' Provide Data On Schools (January 14, 2008)

Elementary Math Grows Exponentially Tougher (December 26, 2007)

To Draw Top Teachers to Troubled Schools, Foundation Will Offer $30,000 Stipends (December 20, 2007)

Calls Grow for a Broader Yardstick for Schools (December 16, 2007)

Student Lender to End Deals With Colleges for Use of Logos (December 12, 2007)

U.S. Teens Trail Peers Around World on Math-Science Test (December 5, 2007)

Young, Gifted and Skipping High School (December 2, 2007)

Thomas Jefferson Put at Top of Class (November 30, 2007)

Printing Goof Nullifies U.S. Reading Exam (November 20, 2007)

Scores Improve, But City Still Lags (November 16, 2007)

Bill to Expand Head Start, Bolster Its Teacher Qualifications Is Approved (November 15, 2007)

Preschool Expansion Gets Mixed Reviews (November 14, 2007)

In Suburbia, a Brush With the Unexpected (November 8, 2007)

Student Loan Industry Faces New Rules From Education Dept. (November 1, 2007)

Funding New Schools, Renovations on Ballot (November 1, 2007)

16 Candidates Vying For 7 Contested Seats (November 1, 2007)

Guides on Sharing Information Released (October 31, 2007)

Kaine Requires Labs To Report Staph Cases (October 25, 2007)

School Board Candidates Grapple With Budget, Other Issues (October 22, 2007)

Schools Try to Allay Fears About Staph (October 19, 2007)

Math Exam Trips Up 2 Schools in Alexandria (October 18, 2007)

Kaine Offers Plan to Boost Preschool (October 4, 2007)

Few Students Switching Schools Under 'No Child' Law (September 27, 2007)

Grant to Help Va. Tech Upgrade Counseling (September 22, 2007)

HHS Picks Nonprofit For Head Start Grant (September 13, 2007)

Farmers Growing Desperate For Rain (September 11, 2007)

Schools Mark Start of Year With a Number of Changes (September 6, 2007)

At Home in the Great Wide World (September 5, 2007)

All-Day Kindergarten Expands In N.Va., but So Does the Cost (September 4, 2007)

For School System, a Push to Find More 'Unsung Heroes' (August 30, 2007)

Hispanics, Blacks Narrow Math Gap (August 30, 2007)

After Fairfax Misses Target, Officials Cite 'No Child' Flaws (August 25, 2007)

N.Va. Schools Set Back on 'No Child' Test Goals (August 24, 2007)

The Preschool Question: Who Gets to Go? (August 22, 2007)

TJ to Make Middle School Algebra a Requirement (August 19, 2007)

Housing Market Pounding Fairfax (August 7, 2007)

'Killing Machine' Sentenced To Death (August 4, 2007)

Va. Man Convicted In Fatal Shootings (July 25, 2007)

For One Last Time, the Magic's in the Mail (July 22, 2007)

Man Says Defendant Shot Him, Killed 2 in Bathtub (July 18, 2007)

Pepco Finishes 2 High-Voltage Power Lines (July 12, 2007)

Former Death-Row Inmate Officially Declared Innocent (July 7, 2007)

Administrator of 9/11 Fund To Direct Va. Tech Donations (July 6, 2007)

Not All Fancy, But Much of Historic Value (June 21, 2007)

Va. School's No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject (June 18, 2007)

'When Is It Going to Stop?' (June 16, 2007)

Families of Young Women Ponder Dreams Unfulfilled (June 16, 2007)

Season Ends With Fitting T-Shirts At Jefferson (June 14, 2007)

Voters Reject Table Gaming for Charles Town Casino (June 10, 2007)

Pavilion to Help Ring In Diversity (June 10, 2007)

Two Old Foes Return to Swing O'Brien's District Democratic (June 7, 2007)

Firm Pledges to Fix Online Exam Glitches (June 5, 2007)

For Classes of '07, Star-Powered Send-Offs (June 1, 2007)

New Gang in County Initiates Students (May 31, 2007)

As Tests Begin, English Learners Have Troubles but Few Tears (May 29, 2007)

Oakton Student Charged With Trying to Rape Girl (May 23, 2007)

Glitch Forces Students in Va. to Stop Mid-Exam (May 16, 2007)

Clubs Ground Students in Language of Their Roots (May 14, 2007)

Boy Charged With Food Tampering (May 10, 2007)

Voters To Decide On School Construction (May 10, 2007)

Pins Are Discovered In School Food but Don't Reach Students (May 8, 2007)

Army Plan Has Fairfax County Bracing for 3,200 New Students (May 3, 2007)

President Ousted Over DWI Charges (May 1, 2007)

Va. Schools Yield, Yet May Shape 'No Child' (April 23, 2007)

A Final Tribute to Firefighter's Passion for Duty (April 22, 2007)

Fairfax Schools Concede On Testing (April 19, 2007)

Falls Church Speech and Language Pupils Don't Mind Landing in This 'Hot Seat' (April 19, 2007)

Two Teachers With Winning Ways (April 19, 2007)

At the Hokies' Heart (April 19, 2007)

New Graduates Putting Students on College Track (April 17, 2007)

Meeting Brings No Headway in 'No Child' Stalemate (April 14, 2007)

School President on Leave After 2 Traffic Charges (April 13, 2007)

Students Experience Jamestown (April 5, 2007)

McLean Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service (March 29, 2007)

Apparent Gang Initiation Disrupted (March 28, 2007)

Former Death-Row Inmate Would Get $1.9 Million (March 28, 2007)

ABCs of Change For Latino Children (March 24, 2007)

Bill Would Protect Against Cuts (March 22, 2007)

If Only the Party Could Go On Forever: On 3/14, Students Revel in the Wonders of Pi (March 15, 2007)

Two Soldiers Killed in Iraq In Roadside Bomb Blasts (March 9, 2007)

A Father, a Son, a Life's Lesson (March 3, 2007)

Fairfax Schools Could Lose Millions for Defying 'No Child' (February 23, 2007)

More Virginia Students Are Taking AP Tests (February 22, 2007)

Mystery Solved: Hairless Foot Is Identified as Hind Paw of Bear (February 21, 2007)

A Lesson in Government From Behind the Scenes (February 19, 2007)

With Va. Landfill Find, There's a Mystery Afoot (February 18, 2007)

Out of Dad's Grief, a Tribute (February 15, 2007)

School Board Adopts 5-Year Plan (February 1, 2007)

Va. Is Urged to Obey 'No Child' on Reading Test (February 1, 2007)

Fairfax Resists 'No Child' Provision (January 26, 2007)

School Budget Speaks to Needs, Goals (January 25, 2007)

Norovirus Cleaning Begins at Dulles Hotel (January 20, 2007)

Dale Seeks a 'Conservative' $2.2 Billion Schools Budget (January 12, 2007)

Fairfax vs. 'No Child' Standoff Heats Up (January 11, 2007)

For Va. Kids, Success From An Early Age (January 4, 2007)

Holiday Glee Crashes Down In Boy's Death (December 28, 2006)

School Board Plans to Extend Superintendent's Contract (December 21, 2006)

Bus System Near 'Breaking Point' (December 21, 2006)

Staying Ahead of the Class (December 17, 2006)

Collecting of Data Is the Next Step in Preschool Push (December 14, 2006)

Kaine Seeks $79.5 Million for Education (December 13, 2006)

Through the Eyes of Immigrants (December 9, 2006)

Virginia Plans Pilot Program for Universal Preschool Next Fall (December 7, 2006)

After Class, The Parent Becomes The Pupil (November 27, 2006)

To Teach, Col. Asked to Be Put in War Zone (November 18, 2006)

For Students, School Molds Into a Perfect Fit (November 16, 2006)

Cheerleader in Chief Has Earned Some Fans (November 16, 2006)

For 3rd Candidate, a Moral Victory (November 9, 2006)

Va. Educators Decry Ruling On Tests for ESL Students (October 29, 2006)

Closing the Gap, Child by Child (October 27, 2006)

Allen, Webb Stake Out Positions on 'No Child' (October 26, 2006)

Annandale Teacher Charged With Taking Indecent Liberties (October 20, 2006)

Students Help Museum Collect Cold War History (October 12, 2006)

From a Backyard Pond To Genetic Innovation (October 12, 2006)

Score One for McLean High Students (October 4, 2006)

From Va. to Kenya, Serving Others (September 29, 2006)

Students Rebel Against Database Designed to Thwart Plagiarists (September 22, 2006)

Schools Get Funds for Language Instruction (September 21, 2006)

Fun Perks But Lots To Do for Seniors (September 10, 2006)

Revamped SAT Doesn't Faze Fairfax Seniors (September 7, 2006)

Middle Schools' Performance Dips as Math Testing Is Expanded (September 1, 2006)

Getting a Jump-Start At Summer School (August 31, 2006)

Teen Staff Attracts Youths to Centers (August 29, 2006)

A Veggie-Laden Lunch Line (August 26, 2006)

Va. Inmate Indicted in Killing That Altered DNA Testing Law (August 23, 2006)

Schools Try Elementary Approach To Teaching Foreign Languages (August 8, 2006)

All-Day Kindergarten Gets Fast-Track Push (August 3, 2006)

Member Of Planning Commission Quits Post (August 3, 2006)

Error in Funding for Schools Being Rectified, Lawmakers Say (July 22, 2006)

Church Sues Fairfax County To Keep Religion Classes (July 18, 2006)

Agreement To Save Affordable Apartments (July 13, 2006)