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    May 9, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  1. University of Virginia is one of nation's least economically diverse

    A new report says the University of Virginia remains one of the nation's least socioeconomically diverse public schools but commends the University of Richmond for serving low-income students.
    A new report says the University of Virginia remains one of the nation's least socioeconomically diverse public schools but commends the University of Richmond for serving low-income students. The report released Wednesday by the New America...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Virginia, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Education, University of Richmond

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  2. College campuses make changes to improve student safety

    School safety - two words you hear all the time these days.
    WDBJ7 Reporter
    School safety - two words you hear all the time these days. There's been a lot of attention on elementary, middle and high schools. But what’s changed on college campuses since the Virginia Tech Shootings in 2007? The U.S. Department of Education...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Virginia Tech, Government, Students, Politics

    3. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  3. U.S. Department of Education releases graduation rates

    Raising the graduation rate has been a slow climb for Roanoke City schools, but School Superintendent Rita Bishop says the district's efforts are paying off.
    Reporter
    Raising the graduation rate has been a slow climb for Roanoke City schools, but School Superintendent Rita Bishop says the district's efforts are paying off.   In the latest federal statistics released this week, the graduation rate for Patrick Henry High...
    4. Jan 1, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  4. Group files US DOE complaint on U.Va. 'warning'

     A higher education nonprofit representing trustees and alumni is seeking an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education into an accreditation agency's decision to put the University of Virginia on warning for its failed attempt to fire its president last summer.  
     A higher education nonprofit representing trustees and alumni is seeking an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education into an accreditation agency's decision to put the University of Virginia on warning for its failed attempt to fire its...
    5. Oct 10, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  5. Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks

    Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation.
    Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

    Tags: Gloucester County, Bland County, Mecklenburg County (Virginia), Clarke County (Virginia), Surry County

    6. Sep 21, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  6. Back-to-school bus tour makes a stop in Roanoke

    Multimedia Journalist
    There's a two week bus tour traveling all around the country and its mission is to improve education all across America. Friday, September 21st, that bus stopped in Roanoke. The Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, made a stop at Virginia Western...

    Tags: Engineering, Conservation, Arne Duncan, Immigration, Science and Technology

    7. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. Virginia to adjust No Child Left Behind waiver plan

    Virginia will have to adjust its plan for implementing the state's two-year waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind school accountability requirements.
    Virginia will have to adjust its plan for implementing the state's two-year waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind school accountability requirements. One of the key components of Virginia's plan is an effort to narrow the achievement gap between...

    Tags: Academic Progress

    8. Aug 14, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  8. Federal Grants to Help Low Income Virginia Students Take AP Tests

    Thousands of dollars are on the way to our state to help more kids take advanced placement tests.
    Thousands of dollars are on the way to our state to help more kids take advanced placement tests. The U.S. Department of Education is sending nearly 200-thousand dollars in federal grants to help low income students pay to take AP tests. The grants...
    9. May 8, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  9. U.S. Department of Education wants Virginia Tech fine reinstated

    ROANOKE, Va. (AP) --
    ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Educationis seeking reinstatement of a fine against Virginia Tech for delayed warnings about a deadly campus shooting in April 2007. The Roanoke Times reports the department has asked U.S. Education...

    Tags: Arne Duncan, Virginia Tech, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)

    10. Apr 23, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  10. Schools from Roanoke City and Franklin County recognized by U.S. Department of Education

    Two local schools have received the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award.
    Two local schools have received the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award. Fishburn Park Elementary School in the City of Roanoke and the Gereau Center in Franklin County received the award, along with 76 other schools across...

    Tags: Arne Duncan, Health, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Environmental Issues

    11. Mar 16, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  11. Virginia Tech awaits decision on its appeal from 2007 shootings fine

    Virginia Tech officials are still waiting for a federal judge to rule on its appeal of U.S. Department of Education fines in connection with the 2007 campus massacre.
    Virginia Tech officials are still waiting for a federal judge to rule on its appeal of U.S. Department of Education fines in connection with the 2007 campus massacre. The university was fined $55,000 for violating the federal Clery Act, which requires...

    Tags: Justice System, Fines, Virginia Tech, Seung-Hui Cho, Crime, Law and Justice

    12. Dec 8, 2011 |Story| WDBJ7

  12. Many Virginia Tech leaders were in Washington, D.C., when shooting happened

    Several of Virgnia Tech's top leaders, including the police chief, were away from campus, when Thursday's shooting happened.
    News 7 Reporter
    Several of Virgnia Tech's top leaders, including the police chief, were away from campus, when Thursday's shooting happened. Many of them were in Washington, D.C., for a hearing related to the mass shootings at Virginia Tech back in 2007. You may...

    Tags: Punishment, Fines, Justice System, Virginia Tech, Washington, DC

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