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The Loudoun County School Board cleared the room during a meeting last summer, but then continued to meet — prompting parents to file a lawsuit.
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The horror stories about lunch debt are almost unbelievable. During testimony in committee hearings this year, students explained how the fear of lunch debt created huge problems.
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Delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg is a Democrat from Henrico who is also a public school teacher. He says the pendulum is always swinging in the education world between too much testing and not enough testing.
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Back in 2020, lawmakers were interested in finding ways to eliminate what some people call the school-to-prison pipeline. So they passed a bill that eliminated the requirement that principals report suspected misdemeanors to law enforcement.
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Research is still being conducted, but early data suggests about 20% of school children are experiencing moderate to clinical levels of psychological trauma symptoms – things like anxiety, depression or even aggression.
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Many students in Virginia's public schools are not proficient in English, and these English language learners receive insufficient support and have troubling outcomes. That's the conclusion of a new report from the Commonwealth Institute.
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Virginia has one of the highest median household incomes in the country, ranking in the top ten according to Census data. But it also spends so little per pupil in its public schools that it ranks in the bottom ten.
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Many advocates across Virginia are hoping local community schools could become a hub for social services. But, they're dealing with a major setback.Many…
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Governor Ralph Northam proposed $250 million of Virginia’s American Rescue Plan Funds be used for improving HVAC systems, at Hopewell High School on…
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Faced with the challenge of instructing kindergartners online, one teacher from Virginia took an unusual approach and – in the process – won a big…