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The Virginia state constitution gives the state legislature, the Virginia General Assembly, the primary governing role over public education in the state. [1] Thus, the state board of education is merely an administrative agency which carries out the laws, policies, and programs established by the legislature.
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.
In Virginia, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the chief executive of the Virginia Department of Education and also serves as the Secretary of the Virginia Board of Education. Lisa Coons was appointed Virginia's 27th Superintendent of Public Instruction by Governor Glenn Youngkin, effective March 22, 2023. [1]
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 ...
The Governor's Schools are a collection of more than 40 regional high schools and summer programs intended for gifted students. [16] The Virginia Council for Private Education oversees the regulation of 294 state accredited and 141 non-accredited private schools. [17] An additional 23,290 students receive homeschooling. [18] Nine high schools ...
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...
Chesterfield County Public Schools is the public school system of Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. As of 2024, there are about 64,000 students enrolled in 67 schools. [ 3 ] There are 40 elementary schools (grades K–5), 12 middle schools (grades 6–8), and 10 high schools (grades 9–12).
The school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, plans to vote Thursday on a proposal that would restore the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools, according to a meeting ...