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Category: How we learn

We report on how we learn and grow, with a special focus on children, their parents and caretakers, and the equity of our education system.

Three highschoolers rake through soil and tend to rows of small leafy green plants in a covered greenhouse.
Posted inHow we learn

Starting your summer vegetable garden? Here’s why you might ask a Charlottesville High School student for help

by Tamica Jean-Charles March 16, 2023March 20, 2023

The nonprofit Cultivate Charlottesville built its first school garden in 2010, and now two schools offer courses for credit on how to farm.

Posted inHow we learn

Now that City Schools is the sole owner of the local technical high school, officials must figure out how to pay the $5.5 million price tag

by Tamica Jean-Charles March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

Albemarle initially tried to purchase CATEC to do major renovations and updates, but Charlottesville said no, citing concerns for its students’ continued access.

Logo reads "Short & Important"
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Charlottesville City Schools becomes the third district in Virginia to pass collective bargaining

by Tamica Jean-Charles March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Teachers and other City School workers will soon negotiate contracts.

A yellow and blue sign that reads "James G Johnson School" sits outside on a lawn.
Posted inHow we learn

City Schools naming committee recommends Johnson Elementary School become Cherry Avenue and Burnley-Moran become Blue Mountain

by Tamica Jean-Charles March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

The schools were named for people who were leaders during the Jim Crow era of legal racial segregation.

A dark school hallway has bulletin boards on one wall and metal lockers on the other.
Posted inHow we learn

City Schools wanted to address staffing issues by hiring formerly incarcerated people. State lawmakers said no

by Tamica Jean-Charles February 28, 2023March 2, 2023

The proposal was one of six legislative priorities, most of which aimed at addressing the school system’s ongoing staffing issues that have sourced back to before the pandemic.

Posted inHow we learn

Albemarle County forced to reconsider allowing school workers to collective bargain after more than 100 people descend on meeting

by Tamica Jean-Charles February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

“If we want to keep the best teachers we have in Albemarle County, we have to recognize that this is something we have to deal with,” said School Board member Graham Paige.

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These are the names that could replace Johnson and Burnley-Moran elementary schools

by Tamica Jean-Charles February 9, 2023February 10, 2023

The School Board could vote on renaming the schools as soon as March.

A group of people in red shirts are clapping while holding signs that say, “Collective Bargaining.”
Posted inHow we learn

Charlottesville is about to become just the third school division in Virginia to allow its union to collective bargain

by Tamica Jean-Charles February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

“I think the fact that it was sticky and complicated and difficult makes it even sweeter. We had to work really hard for it and it feels really good,” said Jessica Taylor, president of the Charlottesville Education Association.

Person with long hair and beanie, bright yellow vest that reads "CROSSING GUARD" stands in an intersection with a car passing, radar gun in hand.
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Why a crossing guard will suggest Charlottesville’s City Council install speed cameras near schools

Person in bright yellow vest and cap, with sunglasses, takes a selfie in drivers seat of a car. by Adrienne Dent February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

Substitute crossing guard Adrienne Dent writes that drivers too often go too fast and that it’s time the city takes further action to slow them down.

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Johnson and Burnley-Moran up next as Charlottesville charges forward with school name review

by Tamica Jean-Charles January 24, 2023February 28, 2023

Both schools are named after former City School leaders who directed the district during the time of segregation.

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