Daniel Culler admits that school wasn’t a lot of fun. In fact, the recent graduate of Colonial Heights High School says, with a laugh, that he caught...

For the past eight years, students and parents who called or visited Matoaca High School’s guidance department have met the friendly and knowledgeable...

With his senior year at Franklin Military Academy fast approaching, Sgt. Maj. Kimara Davis is spending his summer honing his leadership skills. It’s...

Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to them that they can’t let go of their torment. Rigid, “black-and-white...

Longwood University selected 536 students to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester. Among those from the...

Two Richmond-area high school students were recently elected to the two of the three top offices at Virginia Girls State. Kayla Upadhyaya of Midlothian,...

Melissa A. Ford of Glen Allen and John C. Lawrence of Richmond were named to the dean’s list at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., for...

Several students from the Richmond area were among the 5,863 students Boston University awarded academic degrees to in May. They are: Allison S. Hartnett...

Molly M. Binion of Glen Allen, a junior majoring in communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, was one of 127 Hokie Ambassadors who...

Five students who live in Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority properties have been awarded Tomorrow’s Promise college scholarships. In addition...

The Virginia Credit Union has awarded $62,500 in college scholarships to 25 student members through its 2009 Dorothy J. Hall Scholarship Program. Students...

The judge joked about being a Hermitage High School graduate, joshing Patrick Russo about the kinds of students he’ll now be responsible for as Henrico...

Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Charleston (W.Va.), 1972   Master of Arts in secondary education from Adelphi...

Patrick Russo was sworn in today as Henrico County’s new Superintendent of Schools. Russo succeeds Fred S. Morton IV, who is retiring. Russo was...

His office is packed, his most recent book is finished, and Eugene P. Trani will serve his last day as president of Virginia Commonwealth University today....

Usually, the arch of swords is a solemn thing, but Benedictine High School cadets and departing headmaster John McGinty put their own twist on the old...

Virginia Commonwealth University has received $424,800 from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide job training to veterans. The grant was among 98 totaling...

World-language enrollment at Chesterfield County middle schools is expected to drop about 25 percent in the fall, in part because of fewer courses being...

A year after assuming control of the Richmond school system, Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon is ready to create a staff of her own. She has made a choice...

Brenton Baugh is about to embark on a journey that might not have been possible just a few years ago. The rising sixth-grader at Peabody Middle School...

When Lois Stanton left her library job to become president of the Chesterfield Education Association four years ago, she was guaranteed a position when...

Disciplinary offenses involving electronic devices and the Internet nearly doubled at Chesterfield County schools from the 2007-08 school year to the 2008-09...

Virginia Intermont College in Bristol has been removed from probation by its accreditation agency. The college was given unqualified accreditation yesterday...

Before the Virginia Board of Education voted yesterday to retain the state’s third-grade history exam, several speakers suggested that members use...

The state Board of Education this morning unanimously voted to keep the third grade history and social science SOL test. Several speakers urged the board...

PETERSBURG Kelly Waldrop could barely contain her excitement as she walked through historic Blandford Cemetery yesterday morning. The second-year teacher...

The museums and historical attractions visited by the Community Teacher’s Institute seminar:   U.S. Army Quartermaster’s Museum:

The Chesterfield School Board last night unanimously approved delaying several key measures and eliminating others in its six-year strategic plan because...

The Richmond school system’s payroll department is overstaffed but has been unable to detect overpayments, accurately track time off or collect money...

Two Virginia community colleges will receive $743,000 each from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of $1.78 million awarded the state to expand...