
Randy Forbes: Teachers always still going
At 3:30 p.m. when the dismissal bell rings, America’s teachers are still going.

At 3:30 p.m. when the dismissal bell rings, America’s teachers are still going.

While back-to-school shopping this year, don’t forget your favorite teacher or school.

Princess Moss, an elementary school music teacher from Louisa County, Virginia, who has long championed bringing back music and fine arts education to America’s public schools, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Education Association.

VCU will lead a three-year research grant of $1.5 million from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to develop a professional development model to help 6th through 8th grade teachers support all students.

So you read the story in the Washington Post about UVa. negotiating a raise for UVa. basketball coach Tony Bennett, and then you scan down to the comments section. And have to suppress the desire to smack yourself upside the head.

A Second Chance, after 25 years of absence and silence, was recently offered Shepherd by Assumpta. Her email arrived from Europe to his farm. We had met in Barcelona in l988 and have had no contact during the last quarter of a century. I answered her email within 15 minutes of its sending, without thinking, but with a deep feeling of connection.

The Community Benefit Committee of the Augusta Health Board of Directors has awarded nine single year grants to community organizations to meet the healthcare needs of the community.

WMRA and Clementine Café present 30 years of Blues Valley with Professah Blues, Greg Versen.

Elementary and secondary art teachers from Harrisonburg and Rockingham County public schools will exhibit “Artists Who Teach Art” Jan. 2 – Feb. 5 in the Cleo Driver Miller Art Gallery at Bridgewater College. An artists’ reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3 in the Miller Gallery. The reception and exhibition are open to the public at no charge.

Valley Alliance for Education presented 28 Creative Classroom Grants – totaling $22,613 – to area teachers August 13, during an awards ceremony and reception at the Blue Ridge Community College Plecker Workforce Center.