
Dominion Project Plant It! branches out for 10th anniversary
Project Plant It!, the environmental education program created by Dominion Resources, Inc., will celebrate a significant milestone this spring.

Project Plant It!, the environmental education program created by Dominion Resources, Inc., will celebrate a significant milestone this spring.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced recipients of the 2016 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Awards Monday.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine applauded Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill.

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education has been awarded a three-year, $615,549 evaluation extension from the U.S. Department of Education to study the long-term impact of the urban teacher residency model of teacher preparation on a beginning teacher’s professional growth and teaching effectiveness.

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Co-Chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, along with U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), introduced the Creating Quality Technical Educators Act to expand the Higher Education Act’s teacher residency grant program to help schools recruit and train high-quality CTE teachers.

Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton advised Washington and Lee University seniors at their May 27 baccalaureate service to “live life optimistically, be on the lookout for opportunities, jump in vigorously and don’t worry about who gets the credit.”

The Waste Management Think Green® Grants are part of the environmental services company’s commitment to encourage the development and sustainability of environmental solutions that improve community environments.
A Buffalo Gap High School student died in a Feb. 18 shooting on Maple Leaf Drive in Augusta County that the county sheriff, Donald Smith, said, per a news release, was “an isolated incident involving the illegal sale of handguns.”
We’re going to be reporting and analyzing the tally from today’s referendum on congressional redistricting. Follow along for updates on the numbers, where they’re coming from, and what it all means.
The Republicans representing us in Richmond voted against a bill in the General Assembly prohibiting K-12 public schools in Virginia from teaching that the Jan. 6 insurrection was a “peaceful protest.”
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