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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Friday announced the award of more than $14 million in grants to Virginia’s homeless services providers, including more than $340,000 in grants to local providers of services to the homeless. The grants, administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and funded through a combination of state and…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Twenty, twenty-five, close to thirty percent of students who start the ninth grade in the Shenandoah Valley aren’t graduating high school in four years, according to figures released by the State Department of Education on Wednesday. But are the numbers an accurate reflection of how many children are…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte For many students and families, there is the promise of higher education. But for far too many others, the burden of tuition costs is seemingly insurmountable. In Virginia, undergraduate students are paying nearly 7 percent more in tuition and fees than they did last year. The skyrocketing cost of higher education…
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The Virginia Department of Education has been considering raising Standards of Learning (SOL) cut scores for 3rd to 12th grade students.
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Waynesboro Schools received its own report card from the Commonwealth in the form of accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education.
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Staunton Schools report continued growth in the latest SOL data released by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s anti-trans student policies will be delayed at least 30 days after more than 71,000 written comments were submitted to the Virginia Department of Education, including one that triggered the delay.
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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.
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The Augusta County School Board voted down a required model policy on treatment of transgender students because board members feel the county’s existing policy is already in compliance with state law. The Virginia Department of Education is saying, nuh-uh.
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The Virginia Department of Education will use a nearly $100,000 Farm to School Grant from the USDA to support efforts of school nutrition programs to serve Virginia-grown food in school cafeterias and school-based meals programs.
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