Ken Plum: What direction school reform?
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For more than a quarter century the Virginia School Boards Association has been sponsoring a summer “Governor’s Conference on Education.”
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Conservation group to host fundraiser dinner in Fisherville
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The H.C. Edwards Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will host its 23rd annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Augusta Expoland (Suite 277-279), Expo Road, Fisherville beginning with a reception party at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
Staunton Augusta Art Center announces new classes
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The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces a new series of classes for students in grades K-12. Creatively taught classes will include basic art skills for the youngest students to engineering a quality portfolio for high school students preparing for application to the finest art colleges.
Director of Virginia Youth Violence Project to speak at Bridgewater College
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Dewey G. Cornell, professor of education in the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
Kaine releases new TV ad
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A new TV ad from the Tim Kaine Senate campaign highlights the former governor’s jobs agenda
Study: Voucher recipients more likely to go to college
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A new study released today by researchers at the Brookings Institution and Harvard University shows that African American participants in a private school choice program were 24 percent more likely to enroll in college as a result of receiving a voucher, reinforcing previously-released data showing improved graduation rates, parental satisfaction, and academic achievement among voucher students
One of the ‘Little Rock Nine’ to speak at Bridgewater College
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Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of a group of African American teenagers known as the “Little Rock Nine,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College
RMH Women’s Center to host Women’s Wellness Weekend
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The RMH Women’s Center will host a Women’s Wellness Weekend Sept. 28-30 at the Massanetta Springs Retreat and Conference Center near Harrisonburg. The weekend retreat will feature healthy life seminars on nutrition, sleep and general well-being presented by RMH health professionals
Agritourism program matures into second year
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Residents and visitors in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia will soon be able to more easily learn about and enjoy the rich farming and farm-related businesses in the area, thanks to a burgeoning agritourism initiative called Fields of Gold
Kaine releases radio ad targeting women voters
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Former Virginia First Lady Anne Holton is the star of a new radio ad on behalf of the U.S. Senate campaign of her husband, Democratic Party nominee Tim Kaine
