Tag: 2012

As Fairfax County’s first charter school proposal prepares to go before the county’s school board this summer, some parents --and students--question whether the charter school is necessary.

The Oxon Hill Clippers can breathe a little easier now that they have passed their accreditation assessment.

A Bible Club at McDonough High School has come a long way since its days at the lunch table. Student leaders hope to keep up the momentum.

The Washington Nationals’ improved play through one-third of baseball’s regular season has spawned realistic expectations of their first postseason berth, and much of that can be credited to their use of the sport’s economics.

Researchers at the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) say young athletes are particularly vulnerable to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease brought on by repetitive head trauma, specifically concussions. Lasting affects of the disease are memory loss, impaired judgment, and progressive dementia.