
Youngkin signs agreement with colleges, universities to establish K-12 lab schools
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed a partnership agreement with colleges and universities from across the Commonwealth to establish K-12 lab schools.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed a partnership agreement with colleges and universities from across the Commonwealth to establish K-12 lab schools.

ASP in the Mississippi Delta, an afterschool robotics program now in its seventh year, encourages Black high school students to consider STEM careers.

Waynesboro Public Schools is earmarking federal pandemic relief funds to safely keep schools open and put supports in place to meet students’ academic, social, emotional and mental health needs.

Waynesboro Public Schools employed 245 educators during the 2020-2021 school year and had an enrollment of 2,914 students. Non-white students made up 48.5 percent of Waynesboro’s student population, but less than 1 percent of the division’s educators are non-white.

Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom is offering free activity resource kits to educators as they begin the 2021-2022 school year.

The University of Virginia and Mary Baldwin University are set to lead a collaborative effort to expand healthcare options for children living with autism and other developmental disabilities in a region where such services are scarce.

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) this week welcomed new guidance from the Biden administration to support the large community of Americans suffering from long COVID.
One in seven children in the United States live in poverty, and in Virginia at least 245,000 children live in poverty.

Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have reintroduced the Preparing and Retaining Education Professionals (PREP) Act to address teacher and principal shortages, particularly in rural communities, and increase teacher diversity.

Two years ago, Sgt. Brian Edwards traded in a career enforcing the law on the streets of Waynesboro so that he could become a teacher and prevent youth from becoming lawbreakers.
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