washingtonpost.com - Adult EducationAdult Education'Red Alert' At Hospital Means It's Flu Time- April 23, 2005 Nurses at Southeastern Health Center in Savage have administered more than 4,000 shots of the flu vaccine to patients hoping to escape the annual rampage of chills, aches and runny noses. Still, the emergency room at Howard County General was so crowded with fevered patients last week that the hospital was put on "red alert," a sure sign that flu season had finally arrived.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29185-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_education/adul... D.C. Police Want Car-Theft Fight To Hit Home- April 23, 2005 Many people involved in combating car theft and juvenile crime say that young people are unlikely to change until adults own up to their responsibility.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12016-2004Jul24.html?nav=rss_education/adul... The Joy of a Special Home- April 23, 2005 As a child, Christina Mason saw the healing that could take place when caring people opened their doors to strangers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58237-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_education/adult... Youth Sentenced for Instigating Va. Teen's Beating Death- April 23, 2005 A 17-year-old Alexandria youth was sentenced yesterday to commitment in a juvenile facility for as long as four years for instigating the September beating death of Schuyler H. Jones, 16, in Old Town.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28456-2004Mar26.html?nav=rss_education/adul... Illegal Drug Use Drops Among Teenagers- April 23, 2005 Teenage illegal drug use declined slightly for the third straight year, yet experimentation with inhalants, alcohol and prescription medications is on the rise, government investigators said Tuesday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16715-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_education/adul... Grown-Up Dodgeball- April 23, 2005 Dodgeball, once a fixture of schoolyard culture, has reincarnated itself as an adults-only game.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43151-2004Jul11.html?nav=rss_education/adul... D.C. Foster Children Get a Boost- April 23, 2005 A new scholarship program aims to help teens who had tough beginnings.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41311-2004Dec6.html?nav=rss_education/adult... Diploma Delayed- April 23, 2005 Charles D. Butler Sr. is set to lead the procession of graduates at Howard University's commencement ceremony today, but he is unlike anyone else in what will be a sea of dark blue caps and gowns surrounding him.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9461-2004May7.html?nav=rss_education/adulte... Letter To the Editor- April 23, 2005 Bad Example for Students I'm very disappointed in the Alexandria School Board's vote Nov. 16 to renew Superintendent Rebecca L. Perry's contract through June 2008.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11637-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_education/adul... First-Rate School, Secondhand Desks- April 23, 2005 The furniture is old and worn. The computers use an operating system charitably described as antique. Last fall, part of the ceiling collapsed.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20488-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_education/adul... |