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Twenty-four Virginia cities and counties will be able to provide school resource officers in schools where none are currently...
An annual non-partisan program to educate high school students about government is taking place this week. The 71st American ...
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe was back in the Winchester region on Friday. McAuliffe stopped at Lord Fairf...
The Frederick County public school system's Bus Driver of the Year is Dorothy Davis. She was presented with the award at ...
Governor McDonnell says it's so important for the state to do everything in its power to provide a safe learning environm...
Area electric cooperatives are again helping high school graduates with their higher learning. Rappahannock Electric Cooperat...
Registration is now underway for the Handley Regional Library's summer reading club. The library system's Donna Hughe...
Sherando High School now has a high-tech yearbook. It features video and special effects courtesy of a new mobile app. The ye...
Lord Fairfax Community College is celebrating a $28,000 donation from White House Foods for the school's Great Expect...
Virginia Tech Board of Visitors Rector Mike Quillen has appointed a search committee to help find the university's 16th p...
The weather cooperated Tuesday for the Winchester Public Schools' march to Judge John Handley's tomb. The annual even...
The cost of a community college education in the Commonwealth is climbing. The State Board for Community Colleges has raised ...
Frederick County Public School officials are celebrating a "Programs that Work" award from the Virginia Mathematics...
Virginia Tech's President has announced his retirement. Charles Steger made the announcement in an e-mail to students, fa...
The Frederick County Public School system is seeking success stories from the current school year. Students, parents, teacher...
A new report says many colleges have gone from helping to make college more affordable to those with the greatest financial n...
Governor McDonnell is asking that you mark Teacher Appreciation Week by thanking one that has made a difference in your life....
Governor McDonnell is asking that you mark Teacher Appreciation Week by thanking one that has made a difference in your life....
Governor McDonnell has issued an executive order to create the Governor's Teaching Cabinet. It will be compromised of tea...
Virginia high school graduates that earned enough college credits through dual enrollment to receive a college credential wil...
A new report shows where Virginia stands in terms of pre-K education. The National Institute for Early Education Research say...
George Mason University celebrated the inauguration of school president Angel Cabrera on Friday. The event at the Patriot Cen...
The Princeton Review's annual Guide to 322 Green Colleges includes Shenandoah University for the first time. The guide de...
It will cost more to be a Cavalier next year. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors has approved tuition increases. An...
One of the most successful high school girls basketball coaches in Virginia history is stepping down. Debby Sanders won three...
The American Association of University Professors has released a report showing improvements in the economics of higher educa...
Governor McDonnell has been presented with the interim report of the Governor's Rural Jobs Council. He says rural Virgini...
Frederick County Public School students have received individualized copies of the 2013-14 transportation form. Officials say...
The third annual Shenandoah University Partnership With Community Day took place Thursday. It had students, faculty and staff...
Job openings at several school divisions will be detailed this Saturday at the fourth annual Northern Shenandoah Valley Teach...
Area students interested in attending one of the nation's service academies such as the U.S Military Academy and the U.S....
The state department of education has announced $2 million in grants for partnerships between colleges and universities a...
The Virginia 529 prePAID college savings plan's annual enrollment period closes April first. It's the only one of the...
Loudoun County officials are putting out word of a full-scale exercise that's set for April first at Loudoun Valley High ...
The Frederick County School Board has filled its Stonewall District vacancy. Frank Wright has been appointed to serve the rem...
The Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission's Civil War Historymobile is scheduled to stop at Frederick County's Gainesb...
Governor McDonnell is congratulating the 151 schools and one school division receiving 2013 Virginia Index of Performance awa...
Tenth District Congressman Frank Wolf testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday in support of moving the F.B.I. headquarters to the...
Mark McHale has been introduced as the new head football coach at James Wood High School. McHale is a James Wood graduate wit...
Nearly two-dozen Virginia colleges and universities have earned federal recognition for community service. There are four Vir...
Dozens of Shenandoah University students are spending Spring Break abroad as part of the school's 2013 Global Citizenship...
National School Breakfast Week is being marked with the theme Be A Star with School Breakfast to highlight how eating a healt...
Kindergarten registration is occurring at Frederick County Public Schools this week. Officials say children that will be five...
The Commonwealth's college students are finishing their degrees at an impressive rate. The National Student Clearinghouse...
Governor McDonnell is touting the success of his 2013 legislative agenda. The Republican says the General Assembly passed 88%...
Virginia continues to be a national leader in Advanced Placement tests. The College Board says 27.2% of 2012 Virginia graduat...
Quinnipiac University is continuing to promote findings from its latest survey of more than 1,100 Virginia voters. The QU pol...
A check presentation occurred Friday morning for the WINC Chain of Checks campaign. Over $73,000 dollars was generated fo...
Public schools in Frederick County are equally sharing $10,000 in math and science grant funding from H-N Funkhouser and ...
The Virginia Lottery is seeking super teachers. Any full-time Virginia public school teacher can be nominated for the Super T...
The second annual STEM essay contest is being promoted. The Virginia Council on Women is behind the Science, Technology, Engi...
A Shenandoah University professor is seeking mothers of pre-school-age children to take part in a survey on their kids' s...
You don't have to go far to find the nation's best public college value. The Princeton Review and USA Today have best...
Millbrook High School is celebrating being deemed an Emerging School of Character. The designation from the D.C.-based Charac...
The National Association of College and University Business Officers is out with a comprehensive report on school endowments....
A Frederick County School Board member died Monday. Jim Harmon passed at Winchester Medical Center following a battle with ca...
The School Safety Task Force Governor McDonnell ordered after the Connecticut elementary school massacre has made initial rec...
Governor McDonnell presided over a ceremonial signing Monday of an agreement between Virginia's Community Colleges and Ge...
A high-profile member of Governor McDonnell's school safety task force is sharing her displeasure with one of the ideas b...
The pledges have now come in and the WINC Chain of Checks has tallied the results for the annual holiday fundraiser. Chain of...
Lord Fairfax Community College marked the Martin Luther King Junior Holiday by honoring Jean Lee of Literacy Volunteers of th...
Winchester Police are reminding you to be extra cautious when driving near school buses. Officials say they have received com...
Smoking among Virginia youth has slipped dramatically. The latest Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey shows a ten-year low in teen ...
The Virginia Senate's Democratic Caucus is promoting its legislative priorities. The Caucus says its agenda includes effo...
The Virginia Senate's Democratic Caucus is promoting its legislative priorities. The Caucus says its agenda includes effo...
The Virginia Senate's Democratic Caucus is promoting its legislative priorities. The Caucus says its agenda includes effo...
The process of solidifying a Frederick County Public Schools budget for the upcoming fiscal year is hitting high gear. Superi...
Frederick County's Millbrook High School is holding its fifth annual Go Pink Week this week. The school is holding numero...
The Virginia Association of School Superintendents is calling for more local control over the state's public schools and ...
The annual Quality Counts report has Virginia's education system fourth best in the nation. "Education Week" ma...
Governor McDonnell's school safety task force has taken shape. The panel was created by executive order in the wake of th...
For the third consecutive year you can monitor state legislation that could impact the Frederick County public school system ...
Frederick County Public Schools are reminding of the availability of free and reduced meals.Officials say applications for th...
The Cannons have gone silent at Lord Fairfax Community College. The school has switched its athletics' mascot name from t...
Governor McDonnell has announced additional education priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session. The proposals inc...
Frederick County Public Schools have launched a Facebook page. The school division's Steve Edwards says after successfull...
The Commonwealth is well represented in an annual look of the best public college values. Kiplinger's Personal Finance co...
The Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals, the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals and the Vir...
The Frederick County School Board has spent $710,000 to purchase 33 acres for the replacement Frederick County Middle Sch...
Connecticut wasn't the only state holding a moment of silence Friday morning for the Newtown elementary school massacre v...
There was an incident Wednesday at Sandy Hook Elementary School...in Strasburg. The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office sa...
Governor McDonnell says he's building upon last year's large investment in higher education with an additional $3...
Governor McDonnell has announced a plan to review school safety at the K-12 and higher education levels in the wake of the Sa...
Governor McDonnell has unveiled his mid-point revisions to the state's two-year budget. The Republican told the General A...
There's an abundance of support for Governor McDonnell's recently released education legislative agenda. The Virginia...
Governor McDonnell is proposing public school pay raises with strings attached. McDonnell's 2013 K-12 General Assembly ag...
The Virginia Education Association says Congress' failure to reach a fiscal cliff deal would be a big blow to the state&#...
Virginia Tech remains tops among Commonwealth colleges in research. With more than $450 million in research expenditures ...
The U.S. Education Department has used the National Assessment of Education Progress reading test to provide vocabulary ranki...
Community College Week magazine is out with a list of the country's top-50 fastest growing public two-year colleges. The ...
The Commonwealth's prepaid college tuition program is opening an enrollment period. Enrollment for the Virginia 529 prePA...
2012 Chain of Checks To Reach Out To Homeless ChildrenCould you imagine depriving your child from any of the activities below...
Lord Fairfax Community College is ready for a new Student Union Building with a Wednesday ground breaking ceremony on the Mid...
The Loudoun County Public School system is mourning the passing of the principal at an Ashburn school. Officials say there wi...
A pair of area football teams have been recognized for solid sportsmanship. The Winchester Football Officials Association ann...
Transportation is among the topics tackled in a new Quinnipiac University survey of almost 1,500 registered Virginia voters. ...
Virginia colleges and universities have seen a slight increase in foreign students. The Old Dominion has 15,169 foreign stude...
Governor McDonnell says our returning veterans have stood up for the Commonwealth and we must open the doors of our colleges ...
There was record turnout for the Winchester area's Kids Voting election. More than 6,300 students from Winchester and Fre...
A list of the top private college values has been released. Kiplinger's Personal Finance is behind the top 100 private un...
Governor McDonnell's goal of doubling the number of Governor's STEM Academies during his term has been realized. The ...
The Commonwealth's K-12 public school on-time graduation rate has risen. The Virginia Department of Education says the 88...
Lord Fairfax Community College is celebrating its status as tops nationally in community college digital technology. The Cent...
The Old Dominion's public colleges and universities and the State Council of Higher Education have signed a Memorandum of...
The Frederick County school system has received a $5,000 technology grant. The division is participating in the VA Studen...
Shenandoah University has announced its largest competitive grant ever. The school has acquired a $2.58 million dollar fe...
The state's No Child Left Behind flexibility waiver has led to a change in federal monitoring. Annual Measurable Objectiv...
Shenandoah University has marked the 50-year milestone of its nursing program with a name change. The Division of Nursing is ...
This year's Chain of Checks will benefit the "Me Too" campaign!The monitary donations collected will go to help...