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This federal-state contract provided that a specified sum be paid by the federal government and held the state responsible for the education and welfare of Indians within its boundaries. Funds made available from the O'Malley act were designated to assist in reducing the enrollment of Indian boarding schools, placing them in public schools instead.
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.
Virginia Governor's Schools Program, a system of state-chartered regional magnet high schools and summer programs for gifted students in the Commonwealth of Virginia, or, regionally, one of the schools in the system. Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies, a high school in Richmond, Virginia.
City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the minority set-aside program of Richmond, Virginia, which gave preference to minority business enterprises (MBE) in the awarding of municipal contracts, was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. The Court found ...
The NAACP in Virginia and five students filed a federal lawsuit against the Shenandoah County school board in response to their vote last month to restore the names of two schools that previously ...
Founded in 1878, Miller School is one of the first coeducational boarding schools in America. [3] The 1,100-acre campus includes 15 miles of mountain bike trails [ 4 ] , a 12-acre lake, and a 40-acre working farm. 260 students from 15 states and 16 countries are currently enrolled as day and boarding students [ 5 ] .
(The Center Square) – While many states expanded and adopted school choice programs in 2024, some advocates are excited about new education options for families in 2025 – made possible because ...
The only independent government school district under Virginia law is the Eastern Virginia Medical College. All of the K-12 school districts are classified as dependent public school systems by the U.S. Census Bureau. [2]