(Emily Chow and Phoebe Connelly)

D.C. blooms: Where to find cherry blossoms

Emily Chow and Phoebe Connelly

We're bringing you video portraits of trees around the District - and asking you to share the blossoms in your neighborhood.

Style

CENTREVILLE, VA - FEBRUARY 25: Carolina Sosa, 11th grader at Westfield High Schools, works on her math homework at her home in Centreville, VA on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Growing up in a low-income minority family that spoke predominately Spanish, Carolina struggled to read. However her first grade teacher noticed her potential as a gifted child. She now takes several AP classes, and says her strong drive to succeed is mostly propelled by her desire to provide for her parents in their retirement. (Photo by Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

The Excellence Gap: A program that helps close it

Christina Breda Antoniades

The Fairfax Young Scholars program is helping gifted students once left behind.

Magazine

Announcing the 2014 Agnes Meyer Awards

Outstanding teachers from across the region honored for leadership and creativity.

Food

Matzoh ball soup recipes and beyond

Bonnie S. Benwick

Here are some favorite dishes for Passover from our Recipe Finder.

Wellness

When busy moms gotta run

Nora Krug

How do people with hectic schedules keep themselves in shape? We asked parents for their secrets.

Weddings & Romance

Date Labbers Kristin and David at ilcanal 2/27/14

Talking shop ... and maybe romance?

Leah Binkovitz

Date Lab: Best strategy for a first date? Talk nerdy to me.

KidsPost

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- APRIL 2014: Is this a champion tree? Lucia Spungin, 7, checks out a neighbor's ash tree in Alexandria. It measures 176 inches in circumference. (Photo by Ann Cameron Siegal/For The Washington Post)

Is that big tree a champion?

— Ann Cameron Siegal

The biggest in a tree species may not be a big as you would think. Find out how champions measure up.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Will a debt be the death of their romance?

Carolyn Hax

A woman wonders if she can marry a boyfriend headed for a master’s — and a big student loan debt.

Reliable Source

Matt Lauer has some parenting advice for co-host Savannah Guthrie

JulieAnn McKellogg

Lauer’s got some practice with his three kids and offers Guthrie some tips.

Travel

A the first high speed TGV train connecting France to Spain rides near Le Boulou, southern France, on December 15, 2013, with the Canigou peak seen in the background, after leaving from Barcelona. The new TGV rail line connecting France to Spain, jointly operated by French railway company SNCF and Spanish state railway company RENFE, was inaugurated on December 15 with several months delay, and will connect the French cities of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse to Barcelona in Spain. AFP PHOTO / RAYMOND ROIG (Photo credit should read RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)

Chowing down in London, Paris and Barcelona, in one day

Joe Yonan

He took the high-speed train to meet the challenge of breakfast in London, lunch in Paris, dinner in Barcelona.

Travel coverage

Home & Garden

Colorado Potato Beetle

Fighting the Colorado potato beetle

Barbara Damrosch

Here’s what a home gardener can do to combat the insect.

Fashion

Everything the Duchess of Cambridge (and baby George) have worn on the royal tour so far

Cara Kelly

Baby George is proving his selling power is as good as mom’s.

Parenting

Montgomery County’s school achievement gap can’t be blamed on the educators