Feds to Virginia schools: End race-based policies or risk losing funds
New guidance clarifies Supreme Court ruling, tightens limits on diversity initiatives
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Students and staff of L. Douglas Wilder Middle School last week celebrated a new portrait of the school’s namesake that will hang front and center in the building’s auditorium. Wilder, a Richmond native who served as governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994, was the first Black governor
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After teachers union’s concerns, Va. education department extends deadline for grading system committees
Virginia Education Association voiced concerns that teachers may be absent from committees but VDOE says 72% of committee applicants are educators
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Northstar students steal the show at gym ribbon-cutting
Parents, staff and community leaders celebrated the opening of Northstar Academy's new gymnasium and community center, but it was the students who starred at the ceremonial ribbon-cutting on April 25. Although elected officials – including U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman and Virginia Delegate David Owen – were among the dignitaries
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Burying Ground memorial dedication held at University of Richmond
A consecration and dedication ceremony took place at the University of Richmond on Wednesday for the permanent memorial to the enslaved people buried on the school's historic campus. UR graduate student Shelby Driskill began researching the site in 2018 with her Paths to the Burying Ground project, which
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