Jillian Balow has resigned as Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction but will remain a consultant for the administration, according to a March 1 letter addressed to Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Balow did not provide an explanation for her resignation, which is effective March 9. “Having now served as the top
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A number of groups are questioning new history and social science standards proposed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration ahead of a Board of Education meeting to begin reviewing them Thursday. Critics from diverse communities and lawmakers, most recently in a Nov. 15 letter to the governor and school officials,
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Six Henrico County elementary schools and five middle schools failed to earn full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education, according to data released by the agency last week. Those 11 schools received an “Accredited with Conditions” rating from the VDOE. None of the county’s nine high schools received
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Henrico County Public Schools is one of 16 school divisions in Virginia selected to receive $37,500 to purchase new equipment for their career and technical education programs. Henrico will use the money to fund the purchase of a digital multimedia press and wide format printer for the Advanced Career
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