W&L President Kenneth P. Ruscio to step down in 2016
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Kenneth P. Ruscio will step down as Washington and Lee University’s president on June 30, 2016.
Search Results for Teacher of the Year
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WNBA exec Megan Hughes Perry to speak at St. Anne’s-Belfield commencement
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St. Anne’s-Belfield School announced today that Megan Hughes Perry ’04, coordinator of basketball operations and player relations with the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) will deliver the keynote address at the School’s 105th Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 29.
California winemaker herbicide spraying upsets parents, neighbors
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Apple Blossom School has a nice ring to it, as does the Orchard View School at its side. The nearby Tree House Hollow pre-school, with children as young as two and three years old, continues this agrarian theme.
Ken Plum: Learning from my own education
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Public schools did so much for me. That’s why I work hard to ensure that our education system is the best they can be and that teachers who are the keys in the process get support.
UVA researchers aim to sneak some science into elementary school reading lessons
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Mandated literacy and mathematics instruction is carving out larger and larger portions of instructional time in elementary school classrooms, often at the expense of other topics, including science.
Mennonite education provided to Afghan-American Muslim woman leads her to key roles in world peacebuilding
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The culturally mixed background of the Afghan-American Muslim keynote speaker fit well with the diverse attendees from 21 countries at the first “Frontier Luncheon” during the six-week Summer Peacebuilding Institute.
UVA Comm School grads in demand: Good sign for economy?
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Employment numbers from the UVA McIntire School of Commerce offer one encouraging sign among many as the University of Virginia’s Class of 2015 prepares to officially enter the job market.
VCU professor receives Fulbright grant to study history of Russian mining town, labor camp
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Virginia Commonwealth University professor George Munro, Ph.D., has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant – his third – to travel to Russia to study the history of a small mining town that was once populated primarily by Soviet Union exiles.
Equality Virginia applauds Fairfax County School Board for voting to update non-discrimination policy
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Equality Virginia applauds Fairfax County School Board Members for voting on Thursday to update Fairfax County Public Schools’ non-discrimination policy to include gender identity.
Everyone invited to celebrate Howard Zehr by attending his May 23 roast
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Eastern Mennonite University is spotlighting restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr on May 23, a date chosen to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking work, Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice, and his retirement as a full-time faculty member.
