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Richmond Education

City schools need to focus on graduation rates

The Richmond Public School system's problems just never seem to go away, or get any better. Besides worries over a lingering budget shortfall,...
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General Butler's contrabands of war: Part 2

  • Reconstruction Era
  • May 25, 2012
The end of the Civil War left the South totally devastated, economically and emotionally. It was also a land with over 4 million homeless black...
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Four schools could be closed in city

Mall Cropper, whose company, "Cropper GIS" helpedguide the process that lead to the selection of the four schools that could possibly be...
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Task force approves Richmond school budget

After ameeting lasting over four hours Monday, the School Accountability and Efficiency Task Force approved, by a vote of 10-1, the recommendations...
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School board considers furloughs

The Friday night meeting of the Richmond city school board ended up getting bogged down talking about a 10 day furlough for students and teachers...
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Board of Education ok’s VA plan to opt out of parts of No Child Left Behind

  • Virginia Board of Education
  • February 25, 2012
The Virginia Board of Education approved Virginia’s plan to opt out of certain requirements of the largely failed project of No Child Left...
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The 'Byrd Machine' and Civil-Rights

Harry Flood Byrd was Governor of Virginia from 1926 to 1930. He could date his family back to the 1670's in Richmond, and as a lifelong...
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Governor McDonnell unveils new school budget plan

  • education budget bill
  • January 10, 2012
Henrico citizens, along with the rest of Virginia, are digesting the education agenda proposed by Governor Bob McDonnell yesterday. Calling it his ...
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Eco-chic – The Gift of Plow, eco education

The month of December is national ‘read a new book’ month. So, to expand a celebration of ‘reading’, identify educational...
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Does our state get a good grade from the 'Bully Police'?

Bullying, either face-to-face or cyberbullying is an ongoing problem, not only in Henrico schools, but in Richmond and Chesterfield schools as well...
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