Education
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UVA earns top spots in 2025 online program rankings
UVA’s School of Education ranks 9th in U.S. News’ 2025 list for online graduate education, excelling in multiple programs.
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‘Death by a thousand paper cuts’: Elementary school counselor leaves the Virginia Beach School District after 19 years
Lisa Lee, elementary school counselor at Trantwood Elementary in Virginia Beach, explains how emotional burnout and the state’s teacher shortage are just some of the reasons why she’s joining the increasing number of Virginia educators retiring early.
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Opinion: Just say no to private school vouchers
There are drastic changes ahead for public education in the United States, and these changes can impact our K-12 students via radical, severe cuts to public education funding.
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Federal education cuts could worsen Virginia’s teacher shortage—locals are fighting back
Heather Sipes, president of the Virginia Beach Education Association, talks about ways community members can get involved in the ongoing fight against public education cuts.
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Virginia educators, Democrats raise alarm over Trump’s effort to abolish Education Department
Last week’s double-barrelled attack on the US Department of Education has raised fears about the future of an agency that sends out millions of dollars to school districts across the country and oversees civil rights violations.
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Trump’s effort to abolish the Education Department would hurt students with disabilities, families
The Trump administration’s questionably legal attempt to fulfill the long-time conservative goal of eliminating the US Department of Education puts more than a billion dollars of federal funding for Virginia schools in the crosshairs.
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George Mason caught up in Trump assault on diversity efforts
In its bid to scare universities into compliance with its right-wing policies, the Trump administration is putting pressure on a Northern Virginia university over the school’s efforts to be more welcoming to historically oppressed minorities.
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Possible closure of US Department of Education ‘devastating’ for VA
Grants and other disbursements from the US Department of Education fund about 40% of the annual budget for students with disabilities in Virginia Public Schools.
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Op-ed: Eliminating the US Department of Education will do more damage than you realize
We were warned by Project 2025 that there were plans to drastically cut or terminate the U.S. Department of Education (ED). As of February 7, 2025, the President is reportedly drafting his Executive Order to dismantle the ED and is seeking coordination with Congress in order to make the closure a reality. Now there is…
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Virginia colleges excel in U.S. News rankings
Virginia colleges make waves in U.S. News rankings, as UVA, W&L, and others secure top spots. Learn how the state’s schools stack up nationally.
