The Hunt Institute, a nonprofit organization devoted to lobbying for education, kicked off its eighth annual Virginia Education Summit with a visit to McHarg Elementary School in Radford on Thursday. The school, originally built in 1957, was recently reopened after a comprehensive internal remodel.

While many public schools in Western Virginia contend with stagnant or declining numbers of students, some divisions in Southwest Virginia have grown enrollment by embracing virtual learning options. Franklin County Public Schools saw a significant decline in student membership over the last decade.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) - Hanover County Public Schools will be expanding the mental health resources offered throughout the school system thanks to a new state grant that will last the remainder of the school year. Hanover Schools announced on Thursday, Oct.

ABINGDON, Va. - Picture-perfect autumn weather and the sounds of high school marching bands from across the region came together for a season-ending competition Saturday at John S. Battle High School.

Isle of Wight and Surry county officials say Virginia funds an insufficient number of public school teachers - leaving localities with little choice but to make up the difference with local tax dollars. According to data Isle of Wight County Schools Human Resources Director Laura Sullivan shared at a Sept.

The Virginia Information Technologies Agency and the Virginia Department of Education are announcing the Commonwealth of Virginia's participation in two programs designed to raise cybersecurity awareness and offer cyber educational and scholarship opportunities for students.

Editor's Note: This story is part of a series about the school resource officers in Rockingham County and Harrisonburg City public schools. Sometimes, being a role model for middle school students and being present with that age group means helping carve pumpkins or participating in a TikTok challenge involving a cheer routine.

At least seven students at Liberty Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, reported feeling ill after apparently eating Delta 8 THC gummies, the principal of the school said in a letter to families.

Virginia's Black and Hispanic students faced some of the sharpest declines in academic performance over the course of the pandemic. 

Sinai Elementary students gather around the school stage to show off Dollar General's $50,000 Reading Revolution donation check. Sinai Elementary Principal Francine Davis, flanked by school faculty and staff, shows off the ceremonial $50,000 Dollar General check.