As early as January 2016, Charlottesville High School students might find themselves with a new class schedule that includes one delayed opening per month. According to Jill Dahl, Charlottesville High’s principal, the monthly late start — which would come at no additional cost — will afford teachers time to meet for ...

  The Charlottesville School Board wants some students to receive greater flexibility when determining whether or not they have passed select state-mandated Standards of Learning exams. Students who are English Language Learners should be given credit accommodations when their test scores fall just below passing, the School Board told Del. David ...

In the documentary “Most Likely to Succeed” — showing Friday as part of the Virginia Film Festival — native Virginian and Earlysville resident Ted Dintersmith examines the current state of public education in the United States and asks if the status quo is equipping students with the skills they will need to ...

In December 2014, the Montgomery County Department of Child Protective Services investigated two Maryland parents for neglect after they let their children — aged 10 and 6 — walk home unsupervised from a park about a mile from their house. Ultimately, Danielle and Alexander Meitiv said they practice “free-range” parenting — a movement ...

This week, students enrolled in the Automotive Transportation Department at the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will hear from numerous industry representatives, including colleges, trade schools and local employers. This year, about 50--or 21 percent--of CATEC's students are enrolled in the school's automotive and auto body courses.

Next school year, the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will roll out two new academies to launch the school’s recent strategic planning efforts. On Tuesday, CATEC officials announced during a joint meeting between the Charlottesville School Board, the Albemarle County School Board and the CATEC Board a potential partnership ...

Five of the seven seats on the Albemarle County School Board are up for election Nov. 3, and while two of those races are uncontested, almost half of the board next year will be composed of new faces. Both Jason Buyaki and Steve Koleszar, who represent the Rivanna and Scottsville ...

The Charlottesville School Board will welcome two new members after the Nov. 3 election. Four of the board’s seven seats are up this year, and there are four candidates — two incumbents and two newcomers. Willa Neale and Colette Blount are not seeking re-election, while Amy Laufer and Jennifer McKeever ...

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In classrooms throughout the country, glowing touchscreen monitors have replaced chalkboards, and rather than pulling heavy textbooks from their backpacks, students now effortlessly hoist school-issued laptops onto their desks. But one thing many of these products lack is evidence that they benefit student learning. Due to the proliferation of devices ...

As the United States’ demographics diversify, so too do the nation’s youth. How best to engage with these young people was the subject of a conference this week hosted by Youth-Nex, a University of Virginia center promoting effective youth development. This year’s conference — the fifth annual — was titled ...

The two candidates vying for the White Hall District seat on the Albemarle County School Board stated their positions on a variety of education issues Wednesday. The forum, held at Henley Middle School, was the final in a series co-hosted by Charlottesville Tomorrow and The Daily Progress. “Children are our ...

To celebrate Virginia Farm to School Week, the Local Food Hub is providing cafeterias in six school districts with locally-sourced fruit, vegetables, meat and other products. On Tuesday, the Local Food Hub's Julie King visited Jackson-Via Elementary School, where the students this week will enjoy fresh greens, apple cider ...

The three candidates hoping to fill the Samuel Miller District seat on the Albemarle County School Board squared off Tuesday at Murray Elementary School to debate numerous issues central to Albemarle’s public schools. The seat — vacated by Eric Strucko, and filled in the interim by former board member Jon ...

On Monday, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe visited Agnor-Hurt Elementary School to discuss education reform. The seventh of eight planned events throughout the Commonwealth, the Governor met with students to discuss reforming the Standards of Learning. 

The three candidates hoping to fill the at-large seat on the Albemarle County School Board have opinions about the future of online learning. Reacting to language in “Efficiency and Effectiveness of K-12 Spending,” a recent study conducted by Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the School Board hopefuls ...

More than 250 government and business leaders packed Newcomb Hall at the University of Virginia recently to learn about a creative financing tool aimed at solving social problems. Under the innovative funding mechanism — known as pay for success bonds, or social impact bonds — private investors put up money and manage ...

Budget challenges, capital needs and standardized testing were only a few of the issues debated Wednesday by candidates for the at-large seat on the Albemarle County School Board. The conversation — co-hosted by The Daily Progress and Charlottesville Tomorrow — marks the first of three forums the two organizations are holding for ...

In response to a request from Albemarle County Public Schools Superintendent Pam Moran, the Albemarle School Board on Thursday discussed new initiatives they would like to see in Moran’s funding request, which she is scheduled to deliver to the board in January. The conversation comes on the heels of ...

Next year, Greer Elementary School’s entire fifth grade class might be housed at Jack Jouett Middle School. The potential scenario—to be presented for public feedback Sept. 29 at Albemarle High School—comes after significant lobbying by parents and Jouett principal Kathryn Baylor to hold the largely at-risk population ...

Jenn Horne, who teaches English at Charlottesville High School, wonders what would happen if schools stopped tracking students by academic level. “What if teaching this way is a viable solution when we are faced with an achievement gap; a stratification that looks like segregation?” Horne asked. “I’m teaching de-tracked ...

Since the 2001 renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — commonly known as No Child Left Behind — many parents, teachers and school division officials have decried the amount of mandated standardized testing to which students are exposed. But over the last few weeks, many students in Charlottesville and Albemarle ...

In partnership with the City Schoolyard Garden, Buford Middle School hosted the 6th annual fall Harvest Festival Friday. Currently, seven of Charlottesville's schools play home to gardens. During the night, staff and volunteers led tours and taught corn grinding and apple pressing. Launched in 2010, City Schoolyard Garden's ...

This year, students who graduate from one of Charlottesville-Albemarle’s public or private high schools are eligible to apply for a new locally-funded scholarship. The Preston Coiner Scholarship—named for the former vice president of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society and historian for the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review—plans ...

Following some mid-summer operational uncertainties, and a location change, the Community Public Charter School last week renewed its charter with the Albemarle County School Board. The 2015-16 school year marks the eighth for the charter middle school that serves about 50 students in grades six through eight who benefit from ...