President Biden recently announced he wants to end childhood hunger in the U.S. by 2030, and increase access to nutritious foods. One of the strategies he announced is to provide more federal funding for schools who buy locally sourced fruits and veggies. But there are logistical challenges to connecting farmers with cafeterias.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Some Richmond school leaders say making schools a phone-free zone could prevent violent threats among students. The research, uncovered by the Digital Working Group, shows students accessed and created thousands of harmful content last school year using different platforms. Jonathan Young, a Richmond school board member, said there will be a discussion about the research at Monday night's school board meeting.

In a growing global economy, speaking a second language has become more important than ever. St. Ambrose Catholic School in Annandale, Virginia, is giving kids a head start with a new dual-language Spanish immersion program. News4's Megan McGrath reports it starts in kindergarten with half the day's lessons given entirely in Spanish.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Five years ago, they had five SSOs at every high school. Today, they have added one at almost every middle school. But have never had any at the elementary level. Every morning when students arrive at Breckinridge Middle School; they get the same greeting from the school's security officer or SSO Mohammad Soltani.

Richmond Public Schools has unveiled its three task forces, each charged with taking a deep dive into either the division's reading, math or science curriculums. Earlier this month the Richmond School Board voted 5-4 to approve creating working groups to review the division's reading, math and science curriculums with the intention to develop a three-year plan to address curricula concerns, beginning in the 2023-24 academic year The three groups, each made up of 15 staff members, are scheduled to meet four times between Oct.

ELKTON - It's a weird thing to wrap your head around, but many children today have little or no interaction with paper money and coins. They see their parents use debit and credit cards, but paying with cash is so uncommon for many households that children just don't see it on a regular basis or ever.

Leaders in Virginia's largest school system are working with the Barbados Ministry of Education to explore the possibility of recruiting teachers from the Caribbean island to address its staffing shortage. In an email to the Fairfax County School Board, obtained by WTOP via a Freedom of Information Act request, Superintendent Michelle Reid said the county is exploring "forming a partnership in an effort to bring qualified teachers to Fairfax County."

Virginia is harnessing the reach of social media to recruit teachers with a new campaign to address the ongoing teacher shortage. The Virginia Department of Education launched a one-year social media campaign called "Become a Teacher," which includes targeted ads on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Louisa County High School took a great show and made it even better by having students produce a Friday night production at the home football game.

Students attending Hampton City Schools in Virginia live on a peninsula bounded by the James and York rivers that juts into the Chesapeake Bay. Yet "some of our students had never left their neighborhoods, let alone been on a boat," said Janice Richison, science curriculum leader for the school district.