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US military to expand universal pre-K at dozens more bases this fall
The U.S. military will rapidly expand its universal pre-K program to another 79 primary schools, for a total of 80 locations, in the 2024-2025 school year.
By Karen Jowers
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Medical care, child care: How shutdown could affect military families
Inpatient care and acute and emergency outpatient care in DoD medical facilities would be immune from a shutdown.
By Karen Jowers
Safety chief alleges violations at Indiana munitions facility
A letter was sent to President Biden and Congressional leaders substantiating all or parts of five complaints.
By Zamone Perez
Former DoD elementary teacher convicted of sexually abusing students
Stefan Zappey of Stuttgart, Germany, taught first through third grade at Alexander M. Patch Elementary in Stuttgart from 2001 to 2021.
By Karen Jowers
Parents: Here’s your chance to speak your mind about DoD schools
The survey is open through Feb. 4 for parents of all students in DoDEA schools. Surveys for students, educators and support staff will come later.
By Karen Jowers
Military schools’ students lead nation in post-pandemic scores
While public school students' scores dropped across the nation, DoDEA students' scores held steady.
By Karen Jowers
DoD considers universal pre-kindergarten for 4-year-old military kids
Other efforts include programs to allow kids outside the installation to attend on-base DoD schools and rural kids to attend DoDEA's Virtual High School.
By Karen Jowers
Parents will start paying for school meals again at overseas DoD schools
Back to basics, with a 25-cent increase over pre-pandemic school meal costs.
By Karen Jowers
No hot water, A/C or doors with locks for junior troops forced to live in hellish Walter Reed base barracks
The problems aboard Naval Support Activity Bethesda have been going on for years, young sailors and soldiers say.
Russian troop movements show wider conflict is possible, top Ukraine official says
“All available information indicates that the armed forces of Russia permanently sustain a powerful offensive grouping around Ukraine,” Roman Mashovets, deputy head of Ukraine’s Office of the President for national security and defense, told Military Times Wednesday.
By Howard Altman
US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
DoD schools worldwide navigate the pandemic with mostly open classrooms, low infection rates
Less than 1 percent of DoDEA students got COVID during the 2020-2021 school year, despite largely remaining open for in-person instruction.
By Karen Jowers