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Author Archives: Billy Jean Louis
Billy Jean Louis joined Charlottesville Tomorrow as its education reporter in April 2019 and is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jean Louis speaks English, Haitian Creole and French.
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Charlottesville School Board gets update on direction of gifted program
RICHMOND — After examining the structures of the Charlottesville City Schools’ gifted education program, Quest, Superintendent Rosa Atkins said she’s aiming at creating new pathways. The School Board was updated on the new improvements on May 31, the first day of a two-day retreat at the Hilton Richmond Short Pump in western Henrico County. Improvements will […]
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CRT encourages educators to go beyond traditional teaching
Related Articles: Walker’s pre-engineering course to give students hands-on experience Charlottesville’s Youth Council conducts focus group on equity issues Monica Laux grew up in a competitive family. She swam and ran track. Her upbringing propelled her to set high expectations for her students. But the English and women’s studies teacher at Western Albemarle High School […]
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Renaming Albemarle schools and dealing with cyber threats
Related Articles: Committee on potentially renaming Cale Elementary to hear from family before decision Rooker to head review of Cale Elementary name Months after renaming comments, Cale’s Albemarle schools legacy still unclear On this session of WTJU’s Soundboard, Billy, Elliott, and Giles talk with host Lewis Reining about the final stages of Albemarle County’s deliberations […]
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Walker’s pre-engineering course to give students hands-on experience
Starting this fall, Walker Upper Elementary students will learn about manufacturing, computer-aided design and how to use a laser cutter, 3-D printer and hand tools in their new pre-engineering course. Nigel Standish, science coordinator for Charlottesville City Schools, said the course will allow students to apply their knowledge in the real world, regardless of the […]
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Committee on potentially renaming Cale Elementary to hear from family before decision
Paul McArtor, one of 12 people on the advisory committee in charge of renaming Albemarle County’s Cale Elementary School, said he’s been reading historic documentation, newspaper articles and personal letters that came before and after the naming of the school. “The way that I approach problems in general is I’ll cut the facts first and […]
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Rio29 plan and Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook investigation
On this session of WTJU’s Soundboard, Giles, Billy, and Emily discuss new student leadership at Albemarle High School and how the county’s Rio29 Small Area Plan is shaping proposals for new developments.
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Albemarle analyzing changes to school accreditation
Recent changes to the state’s accreditation standards factor in when students make significant improvement on Standards of Learning English and math tests, even if those students don’t pass the exams. Patrick McLaughlin, chief of strategic planning for Albemarle County Public Schools, recently updated the county School Board members on the changes. The groups that also […]
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Charlottesville program aids first-generation college students
Kaniyah Key’s mother used her savings to support the family after she lost her job last year. Ngawanga Chostso said she worried about how she would afford college because she’s from a low-income family. Eddy Nkere still needs money to go to college but recently said he feels relieved. The three Charlottesville High School graduates […]
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Charlottesville’s Youth Council conducts focus group on equity issues
After gathering feedback from more than 500 students, the Charlottesville Youth Council compiled several suggestions to solve equity issues and presented them at Monday’s City Council meeting.
