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Virginia high schoolers get help with college applications
WDBJ7 ReporterApplying to college has never been easier. This week students at select high school in Virginia have hands on help on tedious applications. It's a pilot program called Virginia College Application Week introduced by Governor Bob McDonnell. Four...Tags: Education, High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Schools
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Virginia public school students fare well on SATs
Virginia public school students continue to score above the national average on the SAT college-admissions test. The Virginia Department of Education released results from the class of 2012 Monday. Virginia public schools students scored 17 points higher...
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Governor's budget cuts could kill program that helps low income students
ReporterThe fate of a program that helps low income students go to college in now in the hands of Virginia lawmakers. This week Governor Bob McDonnell cut most of its funding. Officials at Project Discovery call the move a "death sentence". Project Discovery...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Colleges and Universities, Education, Government, Regional Authority
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Virginia House panel OKs pre-Labor Day school openings
A House of Delegates committee has given its overwhelming endorsement to a proposal to repeal a Virginia law that compels schools in tourist areas to open after Labor Day to accommodate hotels and vacation resorts.
Del. Bob Tata's bill, backed by Gov....Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Labor Day, Bob McDonnell, Health, School Examinations
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61 percent of Virginia schools miss federal benchmarks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- More than three-fifths of Virginia's public schools and 97 percent of districts failed to meet annual benchmarks in reading and mathematics under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
The state Department of Education says 697 of...Tags: Education, Washington (U.S. state), Bodies of Water, Science and Technology, Human Interest
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The Commonwealth is getting high marks for its SAT scores
Virginia Students Again Outperform Peers Nationwide on SAT
Increased Participation Seen as Impacting National and State Average Scores
Virginia’s 2011 public school graduates outperformed their peers nationwide on the SAT college-...Tags: Curricula, Education, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest
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Three local schools earn national blue ribbon honors
Three schools in three local hometowns are getting national attention.
They've earned National Blue Ribbon Honors from the U-S Department of Education.
That means they are either academically superior or they've demonstrated dramatic gains in student...Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), U.S. Department of Education, Human Interest, Henry County, Religious Education
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Henry County's school superintendent headed to North Carolina
Henry County's school superintendent is headed to North Carolina.
Dr. Anthony Jackson is leaving Henry County to be a school superintendent at a school system in North Carolina.
He served as superintendent of Henry County schools since the summer of...Tags: North Carolina, Education, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Museum of Natural History
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