October 18, 2009
Young chess players take on older opponents
They’re young, not yet in high school, but six students at Moody Middle School in Henrico County welcome the opportunity to compete against older,...
October 16, 2009
Liberty plans to build an engineering campus
Liberty University plans to build an engineering campus that eventually would accommodate 2,000 students, a small research park and new degree programs...
VSU wins $3 million federal award
Virginia State University has been awarded $3 million from the U.S. Department of Education for its master’s degree programs. The department’s...
October 15, 2009
Richmond-area schools to offer free swine-flu vaccinations
In the coming weeks, area schools in partnership with regional health departments will be offering free school-based H1N1 flu-vaccination clinics to protect...
Data on adult-education students missing
A flash drive containing personal information for more than 100,000 former adult-education students is missing, according to state officials who now are...
In head count, George Mason edges VCU
George Mason apparently has edged past Virginia Commonwealth as the state’s largest university. GMU’s unanticipated growth this fall—amid...
October 14, 2009
Va. education department: Personal data of 100,000 students is missing
A flash drive containing personal information for about 100,000 former adult education students has been lost, and now the Virginia Department of Education...
October 13, 2009
Goldman, Allen, call for public-private approach to school renovations
An outspoken Democrat and former Republican governor of Virginia are advocating a public-private approach to paying for costly school renovations and say...
October 12, 2009
Around Campus
Virginia Commonwealth University has been awarded a $190,580 grant to work with Richmond groups to reduce poverty in the region. The Jessie Ball duPont...
20% of community college students lack access to federal loans
More than 20 percent of community college students in Virginia do not have access to federal loans, according to a national study. The report by the Project...
October 11, 2009
Steward School show features works of 21 artists
The Steward School has always had the arts at the core of its curriculum. Now arts are the core of the school’s fall festival, too. The first fine-arts...
October 08, 2009
Values Institute of America announces essay winners
The Values Institute of America has announced the winners of its “Value of Sports” essay contest. Colin Smith of Moseley was the first-place...
James River High School alumni game set
The James River High School field hockey team will hold an alumni game Saturday as part of a daylong carnival to raise money for a former player. Carolyn...
Tuckahoe students celebrate feet during Walk to School Day
School buses were pulling up empty yesterday at Tuckahoe Elementary School, and people couldn’t have been prouder. To celebrate International Walk...
VCU names finalists for dean of business school
Virginia Commonwealth University has named six finalists for dean of its Business School, including the interim dean and the retiring president of Disneyland...
October 06, 2009
Classes begin at new South University in Short Pump
The village now has a school. Classes started yesterday for about 100 students at South University in West Broad Village—nearly triple the number...
October 05, 2009
New data system gives Chesterfield teachers quick access to student records
Sarah Fraher, principal at Elizabeth Davis Middle School, and her teachers used to consume hours going through Standards of Learning test data manually...
October 04, 2009
30 taking acoustic guitar class at Chesterfield middle school
William Ashanti Hobbs IV, an eighth-grader at Elizabeth Davis Middle School, is not into trumpets and percussion, so he did not sign up for music education...
October 02, 2009
Higher education slips as a priority, say four former governors
Higher education has slipped as a national priority even though it is key to both the country’s economic recovery and its standing as a world leader,...
October 01, 2009
Study finds high return on state’s higher-education investment
Virginia receives $1.39 in state tax revenue for every dollar it invests in public higher education, says a study by a business coalition that is campaigning...
September 29, 2009
VCU’s Prince Edward collection
VCU library collection breaks 2 million milestone
Virginia Commonwealth University’s library has acquired its 2 millionth volume: a Spider-Man comic featuring President Barack Obama. A public event...
Obtaining a free college education
Seminar offers advice on college expenses
Charles J. Phillips says he didn’t pay for his college education and you shouldn’t have to, either. Phillips, who wrote a book about how he...
September 28, 2009
U.Va. Civility Project bringing George Washington’s rules to the 21st century
George Washington wrote down this rule to guide his behavior: “Undertake not to Teach your equal in the art himself Proffesses; it Savours of arrogancy.“...
VCU kicks off Year of the Environment this week
The Year of the Environment begins Thursday at Virginia Commonwealth University with a two-day E-Festival that includes a sustainability symposium and...
September 26, 2009
Once again, a Chesterfield teacher wins Region 1 title
Carolyn Wilkerson worried yesterday that something was wrong when she heard her principal’s serious tone over the intercom asking teachers to take...
September 25, 2009
Chesterfield teacher captures regional honor
Carolyn Wilkerson, a science and math teacher at Tomahawk Creek Middle School in Chesterfield, was named the Central Virginia region 2010 teacher of the...
Virginia Tobacco Commission awards $300,000 to community college program
A program that helps foster-care youths continue their education has received a $300,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission. The two-year grant...
State provides swine-flu videos for parents, educators
The state’s health and education agencies have produced online videos to help inform parents and educators about how to prevent the spread of the...
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