
Youngkin announces slew of college, university, additional education appointments
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced administration appointments in the area of education on Thursday.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced administration appointments in the area of education on Thursday.

Staff writer Rebecca J. Barnabi has written a piece on a Staunton woman who is leading an effort to get the city school system to revisit the decision eliminating Weekday Religious Education, a weekly volunteer-led program with a curriculum presenting a narrow, conservative Christian worldview.

In 2014, Staunton School Board decided to halt WRE briefly and six years ago eliminated the program from Staunton Schools over concern for not enough parental decision and the fact that Bessie Weller Elementary was not accredited.

EAB will invest at least $6 million and add more than 200 jobs in Henrico County over the next five years.

The Virginia Society of Public Accountants Educational Foundation recently selected its college scholarship recipients for the 2022–2023 academic year.

Doctors can use PGx testing to identify – in advance – medications that may not be a good fit for a patient, avoiding the need for trial-and-error prescribing.

Valley Program for Aging Services, in keeping with their mission to empower older adults, is launching a series of recreational and educational gatherings for adults 60 and over this summer.

Virginia schools are struggling, according to a new report presented to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, whose administration is prioritizing taking money from the state budget to go to privately-run charter schools, as if that will help.

The Virginia Bankers Association Education Foundation announced that Ronit Jain is the statewide scholarship winner of the VBA Bank Day Scholarship Program.

Virginia learners from low-income households who do not attend preschool are 25 percent more likely to not be ready compared to other kindergarteners across the Commonwealth.
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