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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.

A man in a white coat places a stethoscope on the chest of a girl in a blue shirt.
Posted inHealth and safety

Parents struggle to reach medical providers as respiratory illnesses among area children soar

by Jessie Higgins November 1, 2022November 2, 2022

Kids aren’t masking in schools anymore and respiratory diseases are spreading like never before.

A two story building with four large white columns at the entrance is pictured.
Posted inHow we learn

Charlottesville City Schools will consider changing the names of Venable and Clark elementary schools

by Tamica Jean-Charles October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

Venable was named after a Confederate officer, Clark was named after a man who supported taking land occupied by Indigenous communities.

A child steps of a school bus toward a waiting woman.
Posted inHow we learn

After 50 years of busing Westhaven kids away from their neighborhood school, City Schools votes to rezone Venable

by Tamica Jean-Charles October 7, 2022October 19, 2022

The children in the predominantly Black public housing community have been zoned away from Venable since integration.

Logo reads "Short & Important"
Posted inHow we learn

Bread & Roses Community Kitchen is offering scholarships for local chefs

by Erin O'Hare September 30, 2022November 8, 2022

Applications are due Monday, Oct. 10.

classroom of students at grey tables raise their hands, with a teacher off to the side in front of a screen raising her hand
Posted inHow we learn

The public has 30 days to comment on Youngkin’s new transgender student policies and Charlottesville teachers and parents are weighing in

by Jessie Higgins September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

“The instability is what’s really so difficult to navigate,” said a Charlottesville mother of a non-binary child. “How much danger are we going to be in? How much are our lives about to change?”

A yellow school bus with the words “Louisa County Public Schools” with another bus in the background.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions

Candidate wants diversity on Louisa County’s all-white school board

A woman in a brown moto jacket and short hair smiles at camera by Courteney Stuart September 23, 2022December 9, 2022

About 30% of the county’s students aren’t white, but the school board has been all white since 2014.

Dozens of boxes of tampons and pads are stacked on a hardwood floor.
Posted inHow we learn

After learning that Albemarle was struggling to stock period products, a local mom took matters into her own hands

by Tamica Jean-Charles September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

Sarah Harris is raising money to donate period products to Albemarle County Public Schools.

A man smiles with screen behind him.
Posted inFirst person

Vinegar Hill: Get to know how this Charlottesville chef is teaching the culinary arts — and why

A "T" on a purple circle by Charlottesville Tomorrow September 1, 2022December 1, 2022

Here’s what Chef Antwon Brinson wants you to know about finding your focus.

A woman wearing a bright yellow reflective safety vest stands in the middle of an intersection holding out her hand while a boy on a bicycle passes in front of her.
Posted inHow we learn

With just six bus drivers, more than 3,000 Charlottesville City Schools children are making their own ways to school this year

by Tamica Jean-Charles August 29, 2022September 9, 2022

“A lot of parents are freaking out right now,” said Noelle Dwyer.

A woman in a pink shirt poses for a picture in front of a mural with yellow flowers painted onto a blue background.
Posted inOur neighborhoods

Public housing resident speaks about new youth program — ‘We have to show them that those dreams are possible’

by Erin O'Hare August 19, 2022October 6, 2022

“We’re so busy trying to tell them to be still, to be quiet and behave. How can they grow like that?” says Asia Green.

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