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In a Senegalese village, children grow vegetable seedlings and organize money-raising traditional Senegalese wrestling events in a Positive Youth Development program modeled after Virginia Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program.
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The Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired will be hosting an Open House event in Staunton for community members to learn more about the department and available services for blind or visually impaired individuals.
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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education has been awarded a three-year, $615,549 evaluation extension from the U.S. Department of Education to study the long-term impact of the urban teacher residency model of teacher preparation on a beginning teacher’s professional growth and teaching effectiveness.
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While speaking this week at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Workforce Conference in Richmond, Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Order Number 49 on expanding registered apprenticeships in Virginia.
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Organized by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia Farm to School Week runs Oct. 5-9 and spotlights efforts taking place in schools to use more locally-produced foods.
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Governor McAuliffe announced today that Virginia is one of only three states in the country to receive a grant of more than $700,000 from the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to support its efforts to improve public safety by strengthening and reforming the reentry system and services for court-involved youth in Virginia.
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The Staunton Fire & Rescue Department was recently presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for its fire prevention accomplishments in 2014 by the National Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education Foundation in partnership with Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) praised today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Education that Virginia will receive $17.5 million in funds under the Preschool Development Grants program to expand access to early childhood education.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the University of Virginia announced today that UVA has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure that the University’s handling of sexual violence and sexual harassment complies with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
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Virginia Tech jumps 17 places to be among the top 10 percent of universities in the world among more than 3,500 universities, according to Quacquarelli Symonds, (QS) World University Rankings released Tuesday.
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