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The pandemic has shown us that reopening schools safely should not be left solely to school districts. Local governments have a critical role to play both

'It’s important to have these conversations' | US Capitol riot brings personal discussions at the dinner table Following the violent and deadly uprising at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, parents spoke to WUSA9 about discussing the event with their children. Author: Tom Dempsey (WUSA) Updated: 4:13 PM CST January 11, 2021 WASHINGTON — Following the violent and deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on Wednesday, many parents all across the country have spoken to their children about the turmoil that took place and the response from law enforcement. The insurg...

The Arlington branch of the NAACP plans to use its institutional knowledge to help build bridges to the future, its recently re-elected president said. “You don’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been,” said Julius “J.D.” Spain Sr., who on Dec. 14 was sworn in for a second two-year term of the 650-plus-member body. It has been a busy year for the civil-rights organization, Spain said, but one that has seen its members rise to the tasks at hand. “I’m so thrilled and honored at what we’ve done and been able to accompli...

The current upsurge in Arlington COVID-19 community spread may be great enough to require APS temporarily not to provide in-person instruction widely, but independent experts and APS’s own data establish that virtual learning causes serious harm to thousands of children, especially our community’s youngest and most vulnerable. These are the critical steps that both APS and Arlington County government must join together to take NOW to address our community’s instructional crisis: make virtual learning much better adopt a plan to Make virtual learning much better, especially for the mo...