Education

A Fairfax County student has been charged in connection with the stabbing of another student at West Potomac High School. The violent incident, which occurred on Wednesday, was captured on video and has since gone viral, sparking widespread concern among parents, students, and staff.

A northern Virginia school district is at the risk of losing funding for not complying with an executive order from the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on Wednesday targeting education.

Faced with looming concerns about D.C. budget cuts, a group of parents, child care providers and businesses staged a "day of action" — warning that cuts to early childhood education could make it harder for parents to hold on to their jobs.

Starting next month, the Department of Education will begin the collection process on student loans in default. Here’s what you need to know.

The Education Department will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans starting next month.

A growing number of schools are teaching teens how to sleep, linking poor rest to mental health struggles, behavior issues, and falling attendance. Ohio and Minnesota districts are now piloting “sleep interventions.”

Some Fairfax County students will see a new layer of security when they return from spring break. 

A 17-year-old turned himself in after a mass shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School that left at least 4 students injured. Police released new details, saying he was let in through an unsecured door before opening fire.

A new audit is taking a closer look at how D.C. Public Schools is spending money on staffing. The biggest finding was that staffing is growing at a faster rate than student enrollment.

A Montgomery County private school that has been in operation for more than six decades is shutting down, its Board of Trustees announced on Monday. 

A new report ranks the best college towns in the U.S. for 2025—and the No. 1 spot might surprise you. From affordability to mountain views, here’s what makes this year’s winner stand out.

School may be out for Spring Break but there is still plenty of working being done after school leadership proposed changed to the Montgomery County Public School grading system.

Harvard said no to the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus, and the government said it would freeze more than $2.2 billion in funding. Here's what to know about the situation.

Schools across the country offer different resources that help students thrive academically, and these states earn high grades for their overall performance.

Linda McMahon recently mistakenly referred to AI as A1 a number of times when speaking at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit last week.

Parents reported "their children feeling sleepier and napping during the day when they normally wouldn’t," according to a search warrant.

Officials say a student in a third-grade class had a handgun discharge while in their backpack. 

A Fairfax County School Board member has been accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from a local flight school, according to a civil lawsuit filed by a former business partner.