
McAuliffe awards extended year, year-round school grants to 66 schools
Governor Terry McAuliffe has awarded more than $7.7 million in grants to support year-round and extended year instructional programs.

Governor Terry McAuliffe has awarded more than $7.7 million in grants to support year-round and extended year instructional programs.

Bridgewater College welcomes eight new full-time faculty members for the 2016-17 academic year.

The percentage of students achieving at the proficient or advanced level on SOLs in reading, mathematics and science increased by one-point statewide.

The State Fair of Virginia will bring Virginia’s Standards of Learning to life during its annual Educational Exposition.

The Science Museum of Virginia is celebrating the Olympic Games during Science After Dark on Friday, August 19.

Students at Norfolk State University are conducting research with devices that are so tiny that millions of them can fit on the head of a pin.

The Virginia Department of Education will award five additional high school innovation planning grants to divisions that have proposed bold programs.

ODU offensive lineman Tyler Compton was recognized as a nominee for the 2016 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and was named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.

Tanzania’s Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only active volcano that erupts natroncarbonatite lava.

Graduating seniors at Washington and Lee University today were asked to remember and live by high ideals and standards.
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