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The Virginia Department of Education is the state education agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It is headquartered in the James Monroe Building in Richmond. [1] The department is headed by the Secretary of Education (currently Aimee Guidera), who is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (currently Lisa Coons), a position that is also ...
Education in Virginia addresses the needs of students from pre-kindergarten through adult education.Virginia's educational system consistently ranks in the top ten states on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress, with Virginia students outperforming the average in almost all subject areas and grade levels tested. [1]
An Education Specialist degree was approved and initiated in 1974. The school continues to function as a department of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, offering the Master of Arts in Teaching and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. In 1968, the School of Education and Human Development entered a period of rapid growth.
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission [1] is an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). [2] [3] The agency accredits institutions from the primary level through universities. [4]
This is a complete list of school divisions in the U.S. state of Virginia, organized by the regions into which the Virginia Department of Education groups them. [ 1 ] About school divisions
The concept of the Governor's School actually started as a three-year grant funded program in Stafford County, Virginia, from 1970 - 1972. One hundred Stafford public high school students were selected as "day students" and 100 public high school students from across the state were invited to be "on campus" students and were housed at the then Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Professional education programs are accredited by the Virginia Department of Education, and the School of Education itself is accredited by NCATE. [2] The School of Education was ranked among the top 50 nationally in a survey of doctoral degree granting schools of education by U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools Guide 2007 edition. [3]
The Virginia State Board of Education is an independent board established by the state of Virginia in the United States which helps set state elementary and secondary educational policy, advocates within state government for elementary and secondary education, administers some state educational programs, and regulates the teaching profession in the state.