by Virginia Mercury Virginia will again begin evaluating schools’ efforts to get students into classes regularly as part of school accreditation decisions after the Board of Education rejected a request from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. Last Thursday, with student absences due to illness still high, the Department of Education recommended suspending the use of chronic […]
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget during its meeting on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The FY24 Budget starts July 1, 2023, and advances the county’s strategic priorities by investing in education, health and wellbeing projects and programs for the most vulnerable, public safety staffing and initiatives, support of local businesses, environmental and sustainability […]
During National Minority Health Month, one of the most important topics has been that of improving student health. Due to the rise of crime on the national and local level, along with the continuous challenges that students face on a daily basis, the need to discuss solutions to this ever-growing problem has taken shape. Join […]
by Virginia Mercury Virginia education leaders are mulling another temporary pause in the use of chronic absenteeism as a factor the state considers in school accreditation decisions because of increases in student absences due to the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. Chronic absenteeism, defined as a student being absent for 10% or more […]
by Virginia Mercury As teacher shortages continue in Virginia, the state is attempting to stave off further educational impacts by granting more provisional licenses. The commonwealth issued a total of 8,434 provisional licenses in 2021-22 compared to an average of 6,787 in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a November report from Virginia’s Joint Legislative […]
During difficult economic times, diplomatic disagreements, and dramatic social changes, surveys have shown that people’s confidence in the future is at its lowest in countries such as the United States. According to the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer, 24 of the 28 countries surveyed are seeing “all-time lows in the number of people who think their […]
Meet Aaliyah Alicia Thompson, a 21-year-old African American woman with autism from Hampton, Georgia, who has defied stereotypes and achieved incredible success as an entrepreneur in the beauty industry. Just eight months after opening a beauty bar, she is now celebrating having opened her very own nail school. Aaliyah has always been passionate about the beauty […]
Last week we attended the Community Foundation’s 6th annual Shape of the Region conference on the needs of the 300,000+ adults over the age of 65 who live in Northern Virginia. We learned that only 6.5% of older Northern Virginians move each year and only 2.6% of them leave the state. An overwhelming majority, therefore, […]
Nationwide — A community-based program called Debt Help For Women has already helped thousands of single moms and women who are overwhelmed with their financial obligations in life. The program is especially looking to help underprivileged Black, Brown and other minority women who live in the United States. For over 20 years, the program has helped thousands of […]
Best-selling author B.M. Hardin has written and released The No-No Book to help kids learn how to set boundaries. This book helps kids identify actions and scenarios where saying NO is the best response. In this book, kids read about topics that they can relate to. “No, you can’t touch my hair!” Little brown girls deal with […]
