http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/tag/virginia-schools 2013-05-08T17:39:32Z Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/school-gun-suspension-suffolk-virginia-pencils_n_3239414.html 2013-05-08T17:39:32Z 2013-05-08T17:39:55Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The two second-graders suspended for making shooting noises while pointing pencils at each other were allowed back at school Wednesday.<br /> <br /> The boys go... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/school-rules">School Rules</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/pencil-gun-suspension">Pencil Gun Suspension</a>, <a href="/tag/school-gun-suspension">School Gun Suspension</a>, <a href="/tag/zero-tolerance-policy">Zero Tolerance Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/guns-in-school">Guns in School</a>, <a href="/tag/school-suspensions">School Suspensions</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-school-suspension">Virginia School Suspension</a>, <a href="/tag/school-guns">School Guns</a>, <a href="/parents">Parents News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/virginia-virtual-school-closing-carroll-county_n_3203610.html 2013-05-02T18:42:09Z 2013-05-02T18:42:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Virginia’s largest and first statewide virtual school may soon close, as the Carroll County School Board recently voted to end its partnership with ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/virtual-classroom">Virtual Classroom</a>, <a href="/tag/free-online-education">Free Online Education</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-virtual-school-closing">Virginia Virtual School Closing</a>, <a href="/tag/online-education-statistics">Online Education Statistics</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-virtual-schools">Virginia Virtual Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/online-schools">Online Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/online-education">Online Education</a>, <a href="/tag/k-12-online-schools">K-12 Online Schools</a>, <a href="/dc">DC News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joy-resmovits/bobby-jindal-shills-for-v_b_2661189.html 2013-02-11T08:12:44Z 2013-02-11T08:15:53Z Joy Resmovits http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joy-resmovits/ <strong>McDonnell Gets By With A Little Help From His Friend</strong> As Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) continued his push for education reforms in Virginia, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) stopped by for a little nudge in the right direction, reports the <a rhef="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/jindal-to-join-mcdonnell-at-news-conference-on-va-governors-education-reform-proposals/2013/02/08/6f01ef90-71c8-11e2-b3f3-b263d708ca37_story.html" target="_hplink">Associated Press.</a> "Jindal was in Richmond for U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's fundraiser, so Gov. Bob McDonnell took the opportunity to have his fellow Republican talk about grading schools on an A-to-F scale and allowing the state to take over chronically failing schools," AP writes. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/louisiana-schools">Louisiana Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/joy-resmovits">Joy Resmovits</a>, <a href="/tag/school-grading">School Grading</a>, <a href="/tag/bobby-jindal">Bobby Jindal</a>, <a href="/tag/joy-resmovits-on-education">Joy Resmovits on Education</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/standardized-testing">Standardized Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/bob-mcdonnell">Bob Mcdonnell</a>, <a href="/tag/education-reform">Education Reform</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/virginia-guns-in-schools_n_2448943.html 2013-01-10T14:28:07Z 2013-01-10T14:28:22Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Two out of three Virginia voters support placing police officers with guns in schools, according to a Quinnipiac University poll release... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting">Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting</a>, <a href="/tag/gun-laws">Gun Laws</a>, <a href="/tag/newtown">Newtown</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-gun-control">Obama Gun Control</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-guns">Virginia Guns</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-guns-in-schools">Virginia Guns in Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/gun-control-poll">Gun Control Poll</a>, <a href="/tag/gun-control">Gun Control</a>, <a href="/tag/guns-in-school">Guns in School</a>, <a href="/tag/gun-control-debate">Gun Control Debate</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-gun-poll">Virginia Gun Poll</a>, <a href="/dc">DC News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/fairfax-high-school-student-grades-leaked_n_2338862.html 2012-12-20T12:10:00Z 2012-12-20T12:10:37Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ School officials in Fairfax County, Va., are working with local police to find out who's behind a Wikileaks copycat incident that has exposed the conf... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/fairfax-county-public-schools">Fairfax County Public Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/student-grades-leaked">Student Grades Leaked</a>, <a href="/tag/student-grades-leaked-on-fairfax-underground">Student Grades Leaked on Fairfax Underground</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/fairfax-high-school-student-grades">Fairfax High School Student Grades</a>, <a href="/tag/fairfax-underground">Fairfax Underground</a>, <a href="/tag/fairfax-high-school-students">Fairfax High School Students</a>, <a href="/tag/fairfax-high-school">Fairfax High School</a>, <a href="/tag/fairfax-schools">Fairfax Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/fairfax-student-grades-leaked">Fairfax Student Grades Leaked</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/fairfax-teachers-in-virgi_n_2089099.html 2012-11-07T13:45:28Z 2012-11-07T13:55:05Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Teachers in Fairfax County, Va. say they are so confused and overwhelmed by the new system of teacher evaluations that they will resort to cheating, t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/teacher-quality">Teacher Quality</a>, <a href="/tag/teacher-evaluations">Teacher Evaluations</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/washington-dc-schools">Washington D.C. 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Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/grading-teachers">Grading Teachers</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/state-board-of-education-_n_2021337.html 2012-10-26T06:56:12Z 2012-10-26T06:56:12Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Board of Education unanimously approved new goals for closing achievement gaps in math scores Thursday, but the state's ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/math-standards">Math Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/math">Math</a>, <a href="/tag/school-math">School Math</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/black-students">Black Students</a>, <a href="/tag/minority-students">Minority Students</a>, <a href="/tag/no-child-left-behind">No Child Left Behind</a>, <a href="/tag/achievement-gap">Achievement Gap</a>, <a href="/tag/math-education">Math Education</a>, <a href="/tag/latino-students">Latino Students</a>, <a href="/tag/hispanic-students">Hispanic Students</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/tara-harris-butts-road-in_n_2002937.html 2012-10-23T11:35:13Z 2012-10-23T11:41:06Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ A Virginia elementary school teacher has been charged with simple assault after an Oct. 2 lesson on Islamic hand signs left one student’s hand cut a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stephanie-bennett">Stephanie Bennett</a>, <a href="/tag/islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/bleeding">Bleeding</a>, <a href="/tag/special-needs-children">Special Needs Children</a>, <a href="/tag/chesapeake-region">Chesapeake Region</a>, <a href="/tag/tara-harris">Tara Harris</a>, <a href="/tag/butts-road-intermediate-school">Butts Road Intermediate School</a>, <a href="/tag/student-injured">Student Injured</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a 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achievement standards based on race and ethnicity... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/florida-schools">Florida Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/school-testing">School Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/no-child-left-behind">No Child Left Behind</a>, <a href="/tag/florida-education">Florida Education</a>, <a href="/tag/florida-achievement-standards">Florida Achievement Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/no-child-left-behind-waivers">No Child Left Behind Waivers</a>, <a href="/tag/florida-students">Florida Students</a>, <a href="/tag/school-achievement-standards">School Achievement Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/florida-standardized-testing">Florida Standardized Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/race-based-standards">Race-Based Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/racial-profiling">Racial Profiling</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/virginia-high-school-kick_n_1897369.html 2012-09-19T13:00:19Z 2012-09-19T14:41:40Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ It’s not every day a high school dance invitation prompts a federal investigation, but such was the case last week at Patriot High School in Nokesvi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/helicopter">Helicopter</a>, <a href="/tag/high-school-dance-invitation">High School Dance Invitation</a>, <a href="/tag/us-customs">U.S. Customs</a>, <a href="/tag/victoria-burress">Victoria Burress</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/prince-william-county-schools">Prince William County Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/prom">Prom</a>, <a href="/tag/prince-william-county">Prince William County</a>, <a href="/tag/helicopter-drop">Helicopter Drop</a>, <a href="/tag/high-school-dance">High School Dance</a>, <a href="/tag/us-customs-and-border-protection">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a>, <a href="/tag/homecoming-dance">Homecoming Dance</a>, <a href="/tag/pilot">Pilot</a>, <a 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Customs Pilot</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/more-than-7000-virginia-c_n_1890644.html 2012-09-17T12:13:40Z 2012-09-17T14:13:06Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ More than 7,000 Virginia children may not be getting any form of education as a result of a state law that permits religious exemptions, a recent stud... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/school-attendance">School Attendance</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-students">Virginia Students</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-in-schools">Religion in Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-in-school">Religion in School</a>, <a href="/tag/home-schooling">Home Schooling</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-state-code">Virginia State Code</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-and-politics">Religion and Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/mandatory-school-attendance">Mandatory School Attendance</a>, <a href="/tag/charlottesville">Charlottesville</a>, <a href="/tag/religious-exemption">Religious Exemption</a>, <a href="/tag/student-population-virginia">Student Population Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/university-of-virginia-law-school">University of Virginia Law School</a>, <a href="/tag/religious-exemption">Religious-Exemption</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/07/gaithersburg-elementary-s_n_1865859.html 2012-09-07T16:26:19Z 2012-09-07T17:42:30Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Instead of assigning homework, teachers at Gaithersburg Elementary School in Maryland are asking students to spend 30 minutes a night reading, Fox 5 r... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/homework">Homework</a>, <a href="/tag/children-reading">Children Reading</a>, <a href="/tag/children-homework">Children Homework</a>, <a href="/tag/no-homework-policy">No-Homework Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/the-case-against-homework">The Case Against Homework</a>, <a href="/tag/no-homework">No Homework</a>, <a href="/tag/kids-homework">Kids Homework</a>, <a href="/tag/maryland-schools">Maryland Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/reading">Reading</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/united-states-education-department-and-virginia-agree-to-new-academic-achievement-standards_n_1844468.html 2012-08-31T00:38:18Z 2012-08-31T01:05:08Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ After criticism for its unfair academic achievement standards, Virginia and the U.S. Department of Education have come to an agreement to revise the s... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/academic-achievement">Academic Achievement</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-education">Department of Education</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/us-department-of-education">u.s. Department of Education</a>, <a href="/tag/nclb-reauthorization">Nclb Reauthorization</a>, <a href="/tag/nclb">Nclb</a>, <a href="/tag/nclb-waivers">Nclb Waivers</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/virginia-new-achievement-based-on-race_n_1826624.html 2012-08-23T22:09:45Z 2012-08-24T08:44:08Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Virginia's new achievement standards have raised eyebrows. <br /> <br /> Part of the state's new standards dictate a specific percentage of racial group that s... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-black-caucus">Virginia Black Caucus</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-achievement-standards">Virginia Achievement Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/school-testing">School Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/no-child-left-behind">No Child Left Behind</a>, <a href="/tag/school-standards">School Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/school-achievement-standards">School Achievement Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-school-standards">Virginia School Standards</a>, <a href="/tag/racial-profiling">Racial Profiling</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/prince-william-county-sch_n_1704134.html 2012-07-26T07:41:38Z 2012-07-26T07:41:09Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Students at a Virginia school district had to retake standardized exams after five teachers were found to have given "inappropriate assistance" to stu... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/atlanta-cheating-scandal">Atlanta Cheating Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/high-stakes-exams">High Stakes Exams</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/no-child-left-behind">No Child Left Behind</a>, <a href="/tag/standardized-testing">Standardized Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/standards-of-learning">Standards of Learning</a>, <a href="/tag/dc-schools">d.c. Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/teachers">Teachers</a>, <a href="/tag/standardized-exams">Standardized Exams</a>, <a href="/tag/teachers-cheating">Teachers Cheating</a>, <a href="/tag/high-stakes-testing">High Stakes Testing</a>, <a href="/tag/dc-cheating-scandal">d.c. Cheating Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools-cheating">Virginia Schools Cheating</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/thomas-jefferson-high-sch_n_1700247.html 2012-07-25T07:56:54Z 2012-07-24T20:54:07Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a prestigious Alexandria, Va. high school, has been hit with a federal civil rights lawsu... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/civil-rights-lawsuit">Civil Rights Lawsuit</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-education">Department of Education</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/black-students">Black Students</a>, <a href="/tag/minority-students">Minority Students</a>, <a href="/tag/alexandria-virginia">Alexandria Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/gifted-programs">Gifted Programs</a>, <a href="/tag/gifted-students">Gifted Students</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/office-of-civil-rights">Office of Civil Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/naacp">Naacp</a>, <a href="/tag/discrimination-in-schools">Discrimination in Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/school-discrimination">School Discrimination</a>, <a href="/tag/bv-politics">Bv-Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology">Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/coalition-of-the-silence">Coalition of the Silence</a>, <a href="/tag/thomas-jefferson-high-school">Thomas Jefferson High School</a>, <a href="/tag/school-civil-rights">School Civil Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/underrepresented-students">Underrepresented Students</a>, <a href="/tag/hispanic-students">Hispanic Students</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/cequan-haskins-10-year-old-bus-bullying-video_n_1695719.html 2012-07-23T14:35:00Z 2012-07-23T14:36:46Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Chilling video of 10-year-old Cequan Haskins being viciously bullied on a school bus in May 2011 was released publicly on Friday by the boy's mother a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/bullying-videos">Bullying Videos</a>, <a href="/tag/bullying-video">Bullying Video</a>, <a href="/tag/school-bullies">School Bullies</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/cequan-haskins-video">Cequan Haskins Video</a>, <a href="/tag/school-bus-bullying">School Bus Bullying</a>, <a href="/tag/school-bullying">School Bullying</a>, <a href="/tag/cequan-haskins">Cequan Haskins</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-mann-phd/college-presidents-collaboration-governance_b_1684048.html 2012-07-19T10:54:58Z 2012-07-19T10:54:24Z Rick Mann, Ph.D. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-mann-phd/ What can we learn from UVA? When we neglect the need to be collaborative and communicative with the wide variety of stakeholders, something bad is going to happen. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="/tag/governance">Governance</a>, <a href="/tag/higher-education">Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/college">College</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-president-resignation-scandal">UVA President Resignation Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-president-resignation">UVA President Resignation</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-president-scandal">UVA President Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/uva">Uva</a>, <a href="/tag/college-president">College President</a>, <a href="/tag/college-presidents">College Presidents</a>, <a href="/tag/college-presidents-collaboration-governance">College Presidents Collaboration Governance</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hunter-r-rawlings-iii/university-of-virginia-teresa-sullivan_b_1654451.html 2012-07-06T13:19:26Z 2012-07-06T13:19:41Z Hunter R. Rawlings III http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hunter-r-rawlings-iii/ Universities are not businesses, but they must be run more efficiently. They are not vocational schools, but they must send their students into the world prepared to be both strong citizens and capable workers. And they must continue to be centers of discovery and scholarship. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/public-research-universities">Public Research Universities</a>, <a href="/tag/teresa-sullivan">Teresa Sullivan</a>, <a href="/tag/university-of-virginia">University of Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/uva">Uva</a>, <a href="/tag/public-universities">Public Universities</a>, <a href="/tag/teresa-sullivan-uva">Teresa-Sullivan UVA</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/va-commandments_n_1647438.html 2012-07-03T16:10:20Z 2012-07-05T15:04:24Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ A Virginia public high school will display a page from a history textbook depicting the Ten Commandments, according to a recent compromise.<br /> <br /> Origina... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/narrows-high-school">Narrows High School</a>, <a href="/tag/religion">Religion</a>, <a href="/tag/giles-county-public-schools">Giles County Public Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/separation-of-church-and-state">Separation of Church and State</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/religion-in-schools">Religion in Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/ten-commandments">Ten Commandments</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-schulman/post_3233_b_1639112.html 2012-07-02T12:05:14Z 2012-07-02T12:06:09Z Mark Schulman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-schulman/ Everyone, it seems, is now interested in the politics of higher education -- a topic that used to be downright obscure. This suggests to me that there is a crisis brewing. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/board-of-trustees">Board of Trustees</a>, <a href="/tag/business-culture">Business Culture</a>, <a href="/tag/higher-education">Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/university-of-virginia">University of Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/saybrook">Saybrook</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-karpf/uva-boards-lazy-business-_b_1612319.html 2012-06-20T11:45:45Z 2012-06-20T11:44:12Z David Karpf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-karpf/ They've called for a leap into online learning, but demonstrate no understanding of that field. They use the popular language of disruption theory without understanding any of its mechanisms.<br /> This would make a good comedy if we were viewing it in the distant past. Instead it's a tragedy. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/uva">Uva</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/home">Home News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-stoller/university-virginia-board_b_1603011.html 2012-06-19T13:59:12Z 2012-06-19T14:04:26Z Paul Stoller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-stoller/ The recent firing of University of Virginia (UVA) President Teresa Sullivan is a classic case of how ethnocentric thinking produces devastating social, political and educational results. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/university-of-virginia">University of Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-ethnocentrism">Uva Ethnocentrism</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-professors">Uva Professors</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-president">Uva President</a>, <a href="/tag/helen-dragas-virginia">Helen Dragas Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/uva-board-visitors">Uva Board Visitors</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/obama-to-speak-to-student_0_n_1476942.html 2012-05-04T07:55:36Z 2012-05-04T08:01:15Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will stress the importance of an affordable higher education Friday in Virginia, a state that is key to his re-el... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/president-barack-obama">President Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/arlington-high-school">Arlington High School</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/higher-education">Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/affordable-higher-education">Affordable Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/ed-lection-2012">Ed-Lection 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/affordable-education">Affordable Education</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/22/manuael-ernest-dillow-vir_n_1443735.html 2012-04-22T10:13:12Z 2012-04-22T10:30:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Manuael Ernest Dillow, a Virginia high school teacher, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a blank gun at his students during class earlier this ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mamuael-ernest-dillow">Mamuael Ernest Dillow</a>, <a href="/tag/teacher-arrested">Teacher Arrested</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-schools">Virginia Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/teacher-shoots-gun">Teacher Shoots Gun</a>, <a href="/tag/washington-county-virginia-public-schools">Washington County Virginia Public Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/teacher-fires-gun">Teacher Fires Gun</a>, <a href="/tag/teacher-fired-blanks">Teacher Fired Blanks</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-teachers">Virginia Teachers</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/school-firearms">School Firearms</a>, <a href="/tag/guns-in-school">Guns in School</a>, <a href="/tag/teachers">Teachers</a>, <a href="/tag/abingdon-schools">Abingdon Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/abingdon-virginia">Abingdon Virginia</a>, <a href="/tag/william-h-neff-center">William H. 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