
Northam announces $1.3M in grants to advance computer science education
Gov. Ralph Northam today announced more than $1.3 million in state grants to support the implementation of Virginia’s Computer Science Standards of Learning.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced more than $1.3 million in state grants to support the implementation of Virginia’s Computer Science Standards of Learning.

Harrisonburg’s Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center will play host to a series of free discussions focused on exploring and honoring African American history in the Shenandoah Valley and beyond.

Gov. Ralph Northam’s African American History Education Commission is holding meetings across Virginia as commission members examine how to strengthen African American history education in the Commonwealth’s public schools.

The Department of Defense has awarded Virginia Tech researchers $3.8 million in support of the Office of Naval Research’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Program.

Gov. Ralph Northam’s $1.2 billion proposed investment in K-12 education includes the single-largest increase for at-risk schools in Virginia history.

A new major at Virginia Tech will provide a valuable resource in support of Gov. Ralph Northam’s recently announced plans to increase early childhood education for all Virginians.

Gov. Ralph Northam is including $94.8 million in his proposed state budget to boost early-childhood education in Virginia public schools.

A $500,000 educational equity grant by Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation will help the Commonwealth of Virginia increase educational achievement for students of color by 5 percentage points over the next four years.

The way in which educators create content is changing. While students are still diving into books and the like to get their education, there has been a new trend towards creating different types of content.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, members of the Congressional Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges & Universities Caucus, joined 36 of their colleagues in a new push to pass funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions.
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