
Northam set to propose record funding for public education
Gov. Ralph Northam will propose a two-year state budget next week that includes record funding for public education, including a 10 percent pay raise for teachers.

Gov. Ralph Northam will propose a two-year state budget next week that includes record funding for public education, including a 10 percent pay raise for teachers.

The FAA has awarded the Virginia Space Grant Consortium an Aviation Workforce and Development program grant focused on creating the precollege workforce pipeline for aircraft pilots.

The party favor on the Republican side has been the dog whistle.

There were four fatal traffic crashes in Virginia over the recent Thanksgiving travel weekend, the lowest number over Thanksgiving in more than a decade.

Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday appointed Fran Bradford as Secretary of Education.

Machine learning is known to be that arm of computer science that utilizes mathematical principles to help computer systems become markedly better performing on detailed data-driven tasks without any ambiguous programming.

A 15-year-old male juvenile has been taken into custody in connection with a threat of violence against students at Staunton High School.

Despite budget shortfalls, a downtown flood, a global pandemic and supply shortages, renovations of the Staunton Innovation Hub are complete.

A middle-schooler from Fairfax and a high school sophomore from Patrick County were the first-place winners in the Virginia War Memorial’s 2021 Veterans Day Student Essay Contest.

Although research data on the current school year is incomplete, a Virginia Tech child psychologist points to significant increases in anxiety, depression, irritability, and aggression in children.
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