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‘Do the Write Thing' program helps kids process emotions and grow positivity
An international campaign to stop violence is working to empower middle school students through the written word. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Virginia lawmakers repeal restrictions on popular tuition waiver program for military families
Virginia lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that will repeal new restrictions on a tuition waiver program for military families. The House of Delegates and state Senate each voted unanimously to fully restore the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, which offers free college tuition at state schools for families of military veterans who were killed or seriously...
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Parents weigh in on Virginia's proposed school cellphone ban
The Virginia Department of Education’s first community meeting about Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order to limit cellphones in schools statewide was held at Osbourn High School in Manassas Thursday. The conversation boiled down to how do state leaders and school districts move forward with a solution to tackle the problem. Some parents and educators say cellphones are needed in certain...
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Parents weigh in on Virginia's proposed school cellphone ban
The Virginia Department of Education’s first community meeting about Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order to limit cellphones in schools statewide was held at Osbourn High School in Manassas Thursday. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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Montgomery County families fight to reinstate Virtual Academy
Parents and students in Montgomery County who depended on the school district’s Virtual Academy have lobbied in one way or another to save it since learning that it had been cut from the next school budget. Families said students with special physical requirements and emotional concerns were thriving in the academy. It seems their persistent pleas have paid off....
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Montgomery County families fight to reinstate the Virtual Academy
Families in Montgomery County are rallying to revive the school district’s virtual academy, which was discontinued amid budget cuts. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Virginians weigh in on Youngkin's order to limit cellphones in schools
The education department has a few weeks to draft a statewide plan for how to eliminate or limit cellphones in classrooms. News4’s Joseph Olmo asked some Virginians what they think about the possibility of a school phone ban.
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Two local high school students create blog to help educate peers on politics
Alex DeSantis-Baugh and Evan Kim, two rising seniors at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, started a nonpartisan political blog aimed to help educate and mobilize their peers in the importance of politics. News4’s Molette Green reports.
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Young Doctors Project welcomes 11 new students
Future doctors are taking a big step toward the career of their dreams thanks to the Young Doctors Project. Organizers say the education and mentorship program is a pipeline to medical school for young Black and brown men in D.C. Another 11 future physicians were welcomed Friday evening. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12
Oklahoma’s top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.
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MCPS announces nominee for new superintendent
MCPS announced Thomas Taylor, the current superintendent in Stafford County, as the nominee for superintendent. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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MCPS announces nominee for new superintendent
MCPS announced Thomas Taylor, the current superintendent in Stafford County, as the nominee for superintendent. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Cellphones are disrupting classrooms. What are schools doing about them?
Some leaders are considering cellphone bans to maintain a distraction-free learning environment.
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Virginia military families fight for education benefits
Virginia military families are fighting education benefits yanked from them in the state budget. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Winder has been following the story.
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What are schools and states doing to reduce cellphone disruptions in US classrooms?
Many U.S. school districts are considering cellphone bans designed to maintain a distraction-free learning environment.
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Task force meets Monday to discuss changes to Virginia veteran education benefit program
Virginia military families are fighting for benefits they lost in the state’s latest budget negotiations that paid for in-state tuition for spouses or children of veterans who were killed or disabled. Monday is the first meeting of a task force created by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to look at the changes. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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Virginia education benefit cuts for military family members also extend to first responders
Earlier this week, News4 reported that Virginia’s bipartisan state budget stripped away some benefits from Gold Star families and families of severely disabled veterans. It turns out that the changes also removed the same benefits from all Virginia first responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, National Guard members and more.
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Youngkin calls for repeal of change to veteran benefit
Virginia’s recently approved state budget changed a state program that pays in-state college tuition costs for spouses and children of servicemembers killed or severely disabled as a result of their duty. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the military families say the changes are preventing some of them from receiving a promised benefit.
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New Orleans valedictorian lived in a homeless shelter as he rose to the top of his class
Elijah Hogan came through a senior year of high school in a homeless shelter to make it to the top of his class.
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Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground
Nationally, students made up one-third of their pandemic losses in math during the past school year and one-quarter of the losses in reading, according to the Education Recovery Scorecard.