Anne Holton, Wife of Tim Kaine, Resigns as Virginia Secretary of Education
(Photo: Patch) Anne Holton, the wife of Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s choice to be her running mate, has stepped down from her position as Virginia’s education secretary following the announcement of her husband’s selection for the vice presidential slot o nthe Democratic ticket. In Clinton’s announcement speech last week, she applauded Holton’s work in Virginia. On Tuesday, […]
Vilsack, King Kick Off Summer Meals Program in Virginia
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) This week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, along with Education Secretary John B. King, Jr. joined with students and friends of Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Petersburg, Virginia to celebrate the beginning of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) summer meals program. In the news release on the USDA website, Secretary […]
Virginia to Change High School Graduation Requirements
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed legislation that will overhaul his state’s high school graduation requirements in an attempt to make high school more relevant to the working world and accommodate students who do not want to go to college. The bill has not specified how it plans to adjust high […]
How Nick Knowles snared Virginia McKenna for his new film Golden Years
IT’S 11am and the voice at the other end of the phone sounds a little gravelly. Daily Express :: Films Feed
West Virginia Dumps Common Core in Favor of State Standards
The West Virginia Board of Education has voted to repeal and replace the state’s Common Core academic standards. West Virginia adopted the Next Generation Standards (Common Core-based) in 2011, but they will be replaced by the West Virginia College and Career Readiness Standards for Language and Math beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. Before the vote, more […]