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Learning the Ways of the Market
Mercer Middle School's Susan Helsey has her eighth-grade class compete in a stock market game, where her students execute trades in a fantasy stock market as a way of learning how the market works.
READER GALLERY: Loudoun County Schools
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Susan Helsley, center, has her eighth-graders at Mercer Middle School in Aldie "trade" stocks. Akshay Murthy, in striped shirt, high-fives Noah Simms after seeing one of their stocks rise. At left are Minh Tran and Sam Tate.
Akshay Murthy covers his eyes after watching his Google stock sink during class at Aldie's Mercer Middle School.
Ball's Bluff Elementary School fourth grade teacher Cathy Delaney, center, plays a game of Candy Land with Maria Carballo, Maria Mejia and Gricelda Pineda, who makes a move.
News Stories
Concern Over Fate of 4 Schools
Budget Plans Might Include Closings in Western Loudoun
Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
A proposal to close four of Loudoun County's oldest elementary schools is drawing community concern even before its official announcement. Read story and 9 comments »
Downturn Puts Strain On School Boundaries
Redistricting Has Fewer Alternatives
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008
As the economic outlook grows increasingly bleak, school systems in the Washington region are delaying construction and even considering shuttering schools, moves that could force wide-scale shuffling of students among campuses and disrupt deep connections that students and families have to neighborhood schools. Read story and 4 comments »
N. Va. School Systems Bracing for State Aid Cuts
Kaine's Proposal Would Trim K-12 Funding by 7 Percent
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008
Northern Virginia school systems are expected to lose tens of millions of dollars in state aid in the coming year because of slumping tax receipts and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s proposal to cut education funding. Read story and 5 comments »
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