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Suzanne Munson column: Expanding education choices in Virginia | Columnists

June 25, 2022 admin No Comments

By Suzanne Munson During COVID-19 school closures, some Virginia parents became creative with their children’s educations. Rather than struggling individually with online instruction, they formed mini-classrooms with friends and neighbors in convenient spaces. These parents signed up for quality online courses through the Virginia Department of Education, liked the experience and plan to continue with…

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Chesterfield School Board considering $ 836 million operating budget | Education

June 21, 2022 admin No Comments

The Chesterfield County School Board is meeting Tuesday to vote on the adoption of an $ 836 million operating budget, a decision critical to ensuring funding is available on July 1 for the upcoming year. The vote will be divided into two parts: voting on the budget the Board of Supervisors approved on April 6…

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Board approves standards for new civics education course for Indiana middle schoolers | News

June 20, 2022 admin No Comments

A law passed in 2021 makes civics education a required class in middle school, and earlier this month, the state Board of Education approved the academic standards for that new course. Middle school students will take the course the second semester of sixth grade, effective with the 2023-24 school year. School districts will have flexibility…

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Developing good citizens: Board approves standards for new civics education course for Indiana middle schoolers | News

June 19, 2022 admin No Comments

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Immersing into art student by student, step by step | Education

June 19, 2022 admin No Comments

With every happy stomp of her purple, light-up boots, tiny Timber Skeen went aloft in her eagerness to join in a very special event at Prescott School District earlier this month. Like her classmates, the preschooler was wearing a maroon T-shirt, her group just one of many, dressed in all the colors of the rainbow….

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Schapiro: Fight over education becoming schoolyard brawl | Columnists

June 18, 2022 admin No Comments

JEFF E. SCHAPIRO Richmond Times-Dispatch To Dan Gecker, Virginia’s new Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, would rather create problems for public schools than solve them – because it’s good politics. “He seems to be saying Virginia schools are a victim of low expectations,” said Gecker, president of the Virginia Board of Education – and a Democrat…

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Developing good citizens: Board approves standards for new civics education course for Indiana middle schoolers | Local News

June 18, 2022 admin No Comments

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Helena school board approves new administrative pay scale | Education

June 16, 2022 admin No Comments

The Helena school board approved a new administrative pay scale in an 8-0 vote at its meeting on Tuesday night, scaling back pay for many Helena Public Schools administrators so it’s in line with other AA school districts in Montana. Discussions about the new pay scale have been a main topic at board meetings over…

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Eliza Jane Ross: A life of education | Culture

June 16, 2022 admin No Comments

PARK HILL – Just a few months past her 13th birthday, Eliza Jane Ross along with her family in a group of approximately 230 people left their homelands during the Cherokees’ forced removal to Indian Territory in 1838-39. Overall, more than 16,000 Cherokees made the trek during the Trail of Tears and approximately 4,000 died…

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Campaign hopes to build support for early childhood education in Nebraska | Education

June 15, 2022 admin No Comments

Lindsey Jarecki and her husband moved to his hometown of Albion about a decade ago to open a law practice and raise their family. After making the move, the couple quickly faced the harsh reality that there were no available child care spots where they now lived. That meant Jarecki, a former Elkhorn Public Schools…

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