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The Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Business at Breakfast forum on Wednesday at Fishburne Military School examining the business of education. The 8:30 a.m. event will feature a panel discussion looking at FMS’s plans to open a new military junior college, Blue Ridge Community College’s new advanced technology faciity, and Woodrow Wilson…
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Exactly one year since its official kick off, the Dream It. Do It. Virginia-Shenandoah Valley campaign announces mini-grant recipients to help connect Valley students with careers in advanced technology and manufacturing. Fifteen mini-grant recipients will receive a total of $95,904 to implement activities that encourage students to explore careers in manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, construction,…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge is pleased to announce a new partnership with Great Aspirations Scholarship Program Inc., a Virginia-based nonprofit charitable organization funded by school systems, foundations, businesses and individual donors that assists students and families obtain funding for post-secondary education. GRASP strives to provide every…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Education Association announced today its endorsements in the upcoming May 4 city elections – giving its nod to Lorie Smith and Robert Johnson for City Council and Kathe Maneval and Jeremy Taylor for School Board. Free read from AFPTheMagazine.com. Includes a story and video interviews.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Recognized officially since 2004, National Financial Literacy Month takes place every April to highlight the importance of financial education and teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy economic habits. AFPBusiness.com has the story.
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Big government has no place in local education. Does us no good to be sending dictates down from Washingon and Richmond with all manner of strings attached. No Child Left Behind – bad idea. Standards of Learning – bad idea. Freshman State Del. Dickie Bell’s proposed state mandate that…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell used the occasion of the visit of President Barack Obama and United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the Commonwealth on Tuesday to raise attention to the joint interest of McDonnell and Obama in public charter schools. McDonnell has pledged the full support of…
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African-American is expert on charter schools Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced today his selection of Gerard Robinson as Virginia’s next Secretary of Education. Robinson currently serves as the president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, and began his career as an educator in Los Angeles. He is a nationally recognized…
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The largest coalition of educational agencies and services in Virginia history is supporting the continued development of the innovative Virginia Education Wizard (www.VaWizard.org) – with a goal of making the online college and career planning tool available to all middle-school students in 2010. Virginia’s Community Colleges launched the Wizard in March as a one-stop resource…
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With the voter registration deadline approaching, the American Civil Liberties Union has sent an electronic flyer to approximately 400 college campus organizations at 33 Virginia colleges, encouraging students to take advantage of a new State Board of Elections’ policy permitting them to register to vote in the jurisdiction where they attend college. The flyer also…
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