Schools

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (261+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Two new programs will replace the classes that have for decades trained high school students to become first responders. The school district’s public safety classes will be replaced by specific firefighting and law enforcement pathways beginning fall 2027. Sara…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (532+ words) BLACKSBURG, Va. (WSET) — About 7,000 new students are joining the Virginia Tech community as the university begins a new academic year. University leaders say they are expecting a strong first-year class and plenty of opportunities for students to get involved on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (223+ words) Public school teachers in Virginia are getting a 3.5% raise this year. But, they're still struggling to catch up to the national average. Virginia is falling behind the national average for teacher salaries. That's according to numbers from the National Education…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (206+ words) The cost of going to college in Virginia will again rise this fall. “It’s a hard decision to make,” said Charles Poston, then rector of William & Mary’s board of visitors after an April hearing on tuition. “For me, it is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1594+ words) Virginia job seekers now have a right to know what a position pays before applying online under a new state law aimed at giving workers more leverage in hiring and salary negotiations. The new law, which took effect July 1, requires…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (324+ words) In her new leadership role at VECF, Bell will be responsible for building a strategic and sustained focus on the healthy development and school readiness of the Commonwealth’s youngest learners, supporting opportunities for all families with young children to thrive....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (802+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — The School Board on Tuesday narrowly adopted a series of motions walking back a new policy that restricts the classroom laptop usage of the district’s youngest students before expanding the ban’s scope to entirely include first-graders. In a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (426+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — A new policy reducing technology’s reach in the classrooms of Virginia Beach’s youngest learners marks a turning point for the methods of instruction to students in an increasingly electronic reality. The policy additionally calls for an annual review…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (395+ words) Since the first data center project was announced in Mecklenburg County in 2010, union workers have helped build these facilities and the energy infrastructure powering them. For many rural communities, projects of this scale are among the few capable of bringing…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (889+ words) Over the past five years, several Virginia localities have generated just $119 million total from a targeted sales tax to fund school construction and maintenance, fueling calls to expand the tax statewide. When lawmakers first established the tax in 2021, a state…...