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As lawmakers return to Richmond this year, many of them will be focused on reforming Virginia’s system of standardized testing.OK, so one thing everyone…
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The Slave Dwelling Project recently held its largest ever event at the University of Virginia to commemorate the hundreds of enslaved men, women and…
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A new report from the University of Virginia shows about ten percent of students in this state’s public schools are absent for three weeks or more each…
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Over the last 20 years we’ve seen a growing reliance on multiple choice tests to figure out how well students are learning and how well teachers are…
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Strapped for cash, some public schools in Virginia are operating without a principal or a nurse, but the state’s board of education met today to discuss…
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There’s good news today for about 400,000 students planning to attend state colleges and universities in the fall. Tuition and fees are up 3.6% on average…
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Richmond’s Public Library is hosting its sixth annual “Girls of Summer” event Wednesday. It’s the kick-off for an empowering summer reading list, put…
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A 99-year-old, 40-foot green boxcar at Apple Ridge Farm summer camp in Floyd County has been repurposed into a completely sustainable, off-the-grid…
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Virginia’s General Assembly has agreed on a budget for the next two years, but Governor Terry McAuliffe is not happy with some parts of the spending plan.…
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Virginia is in for several more weeks of winter, but spring fashions are on display in stores. Most were designed in big, international cities like Paris…
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According to a new poll from the Virginia Education Association, almost three quarters of Virginians say teachers in the state don’t make enough money. It…
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A new exhibit at the Blacksburg Children’s Museum features satellite imagery of the area and a real time weather station to show how geography and climate…