I have hope: The next generation of journalists are attentive
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I had the opportunity to speak to a few staff members of Stuart Hall School’s yearbook on Friday afternoon.
Search Results for Teacher of the Year
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‘Normal won’t help kids catch up’: Need all hands on deck to make up for pandemic learning loss
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin, before having fun with the hammer attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tried to make the news of declining test scores for Virginia fourth- and eighth-graders part of his crusade to whitewash K-12 education in the Commonwealth.
Gift to Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center honors long-time volunteer
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J. Pearson wanted to do something to recognize his mother for everything that she did to raise him and his two sisters. When John Dooley, former CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation, floated the idea of naming the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center’s Performing Arts Complex for Bernice Pearson, her son almost fell on the floor.
State program encourages school personnel to get fit, set good example for kids
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In partnership with the Virginia Department of Education, a new program has been launched to encourage school personnel to participate in regular physical activity.
Waynesboro: Burlington donates $5K to Wenonah Elementary for new classroom items
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The store celebrated a ribbon cutting in the former location of Bed, Bath and Beyond, and donated $5,000 to Wenonah Elementary School.
Augusta County youth show well at State Fair’s annual Sale of Champions
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The State Fair of Virginia Youth Livestock Sale of Champions raised $83,200 in support of the fair’s long-standing commitment to youth.
Hire me: Which college majors have a great job outlook in 2023?
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The most in-demand college major for job opportunities in 2023 will be business management.
Politics and books: A mixture that leads to censorship in American libraries
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A Sept. 23, 2022 article in Smithsonian Magazine examined the movement in the last year to ban books, and determined that advocacy groups were leading the charge, especially against books that contain LGBTQIA+ content.
Group demands student loan giant end plan to deny student debt relief in California
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The American Federation of Teachers and the Student Borrower Protection Center have demanded that student loan giant Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority “cease and desist from engaging in a range of unlawful loan servicing practices and end the company’s scheme to deny student debt relief to tens of millions of Americans.”
35 advocacy groups, lawmakers ask the Biden administration to extend the PSLF waiver
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A group of U.S. lawmakers including Tim Kaine (D-VA) and 35 advocacy groups have asked the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to extend the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver deadline until July 1, 2023.
