Nearly a million dollars sits in a state scholarship fund for people denied a public education during Massive Resistance, when Virginia imposed a set of laws to prevent school desegregation. Now a lawmaker is pushing to expand the criteria for more candidates to apply.

Fairfax County School Board member Stella Pekarsky is running for Virginia's State Senate in the redrawn 36th District, potentially challenging long-time senator George Barker.

The King William County Public Schools division has denied a FOIA request from the Tidewater Review to obtain a consultant's report on school board members compiled before the board terminated the superintendent last month.

Brandy Johnson did her student teaching in both first and seventh grade. At the time, she assumed elementary school would be her calling and, to be honest, she was a little apprehensive about teaching middle school.

The Halifax County School Board adjourned prematurely after failing to elect a board chair in five rounds of voting that produced 4-4 ties each time. Board members deadlocked on two nominees for chair.

Thursday afternoon, the Montgomery County Board of Education approved a plan to make virtual learning an option on snow days. The plan would not get rid of snow days altogether, however, it could limit them if the weather emergency is predictable and MCPS has time to plan for the transition.

A Virginia delegate has proposed legislation that would mandate that teachers in Virginia are paid at or above the national average - which in practice would mean a pay raise for most across the commonwealth.

Since a special grand jury report on the handling on the 2021 sexual assaults of two students by a fellow student, reforms at Loudoun County Public Schools have begun. Interim Superintendent Daniel W. Smith outlined the efforts at a recent school board meeting.

The gap between high school graduates and people with higher levels of education also varies across geography. Many locations with economies that rely heavily on professional fields have the greatest

Isle of Wight County's School Board declined to approve a 2023 code of ethics or board protocols at its reorganizational meeting. Chairman John Collick called for a motion to adopt the code of ethics, but none was made.