Hanover County’s school population has flat-lined. Unlike school systems in Chesterfield and Henrico counties, which continue to grow despite the...

John Tyler Community College will host a college-information fair Monday with representatives from more than 90 colleges and universities. College Night...

Noting the steep drop in state financial support, yesterday Virginia Commonwealth University alumni launched a campaign to raise $50 million for scholarships...

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Two Virginia universities have made Kiplinger’s rankings of the best values in private education. The University of Richmond ranked 14th on the Top...

Saying he wants to keep a base in Richmond as he serves as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced yesterday that...

Keeping Chesterfield kids in school Every 26 seconds, a student drops out of school. Three out of four end up in prison. Some Chesterfield County middle...

Hurdles remain as the opening of Richmond’s first public charter school nears. Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, set to open in July, still...

A select group of students at the University of Virginia School of Law will have a chance to focus their attention more on public service this spring thanks...

Will a new Huguenot High School be built by the end of 2013? The School Board will meet Thursday for the first of two scheduled work sessions to discuss...

Christi Uminski, a senior at Midlothian High School, felt a little anxious to be in the Model County Government program, in which she had the opportunity...

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has accepted remediation plans by Richard Bland College and the University of Virginia’s College...

A French documentary that explores last fall’s presidential election through the sounds of two Virginia marching bands will make its U.S. debut next...

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia will urge the General Assembly to appropriate an additional $58.7 million in undergraduate financial...

The president of the University of Mary Washington has formed a task force to study campus safety after she pressed an emergency alarm and didn’t...

Virginia Commonwealth University’s governing board is considering a change in its bylaws that would let the new president sign off on most hiring...

Manchester Middle School student Michael Turner thinks he would like to apply for the International Baccalaureate program at Meadowbrook High School for...

Acouple dozen Virginia Commonwealth University students are off on a flight of fancy this weekend. Kind of. They can’t actually fly, you know—life...

Six Virginia schools made the National Science Foundation’s rankings of the top 200 research universities in the nation. Virginia Tech ranked 46th...

Beware of flying balls this afternoon at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School. Two seniors are organizing what they hope becomes the world’s...

The Virginia Board of Education wants the state to set staffing levels for full-time teachers of special, gifted, and career and technical education. Each...

A Henrico County private school is closed today and tomorrow because of illnesses.

At the Virginia Military Institute, where three to six cadets share rooms “so small they put their bunks up during the day so they can get around,“...

Richmond School Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon unveiled yesterday a plan she hopes will further decrease the school system’s dropout rate, which...

A Virginia Commonwealth University student has died of what appears to be natural causes in a residence hall. The student was found unconscious in Gladding...

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones unveiled an aggressive plan to build four schools in the city by 2014 and start construction on the first in a little over...

Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, will speak Friday at the second annual Great Expectations Education Forum. The forum,...

Virginia’s graduation and dropout rates improved slightly over last year, with varied results across districts in the Richmond region. Data released...

In a proposed five-year technology master plan for Chesterfield County schools, all teachers and administrators would receive netbooks, smaller and inexpensive...

Virginia Commonwealth University has been ranked No. 11 in a survey of the top 25 “best neighbor” universities. Among programs cited were the...