Virginia Mercury

Higher SOL cut scores coming, but not this year, Virginia board says

Virginia will delay raising its academic benchmarks in reading and math until the following school year — a pause that gives ...
WSLS 10

Virginia SOL Scores Improve Statewide, See Which Local Districts Rank in Top Ten

ROANOKE, Va. – Virginia students are showing improvement in key subject areas, according to the latest Standards of Learning (SOL) results released Wednesday by the Virginia Department of Education.
Virginia Mercury

Virginia social studies leaders warn proposed testing shift could sideline critical thinking

Some Virginia social studies leaders are sounding the alarm over a proposed change to how student performance in history and ...

Virginia governor signs executive order to bring presidential fitness test back to schools

The Presidential Fitness Test could return to Virginia public schools as early as next fall, as part of an executive order Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed last week.
Augusta Free Press

Staunton | School system wants you to weigh in VDOE’s proposal to raise SOL cut scores

Amid a national and state teaching shortage, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has been considering raising Standards of Learning (SOL) cut scores for 3rd to 12th grade students. The ...
WTKR

VDOE: Teachers who condone Charlie Kirk's murder 'should be disqualified'

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Education is condemning social media comments from public school personnel following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk last ...
KENS

Virginia DOE warns teachers who praised Charlie Kirk shooting could lose licenses; Newport News employee on administrative leave

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Emily Anne Gullickson issued a strong condemnation Saturday morning in response to reports of Virginia school personnel celebrating or ...