Richmond Times-Dispatch

As the cost of oil is setting records again, schools are taking a different approach to their buildings. The trend now is to build "green" schools that are environmentally friendly and energy-efficient, which leads to lower costs in the long run.

Chuck D doesn't suffer fools gladly. He doesn't even suffer those of average intelligence who don't make an effort to learn or who hide their aptitude.

A Charlottesville-based project that documents black history in Virginia is on the verge of losing state support.

The founder of a national dropout-prevention program is coming to Richmond today to see how the work is going here.

The highest school officials in the state and the city hammered away last night on the urgency to gain full accreditation for Petersburg's two middle schools.

Barriers remain in Richmond schools as they and suburban neighbors piece together fixes. Are disabled students...a class dismissed?

Transferred to Virginia from New Mexico because of her job, Loli McMahon found to her surprise that her new home state didn't provide financial assistance for her autistic son, Micheal.

States are rethinking and, in some cases, retooling juvenile-sentencing laws. They're responding to new research on the adolescent brain, and to studies that indicate teens sent to adult court end up worse off than those who are not: They get in trouble more often, they do it faster, and the offenses are more serious

Alexandria, VA - Twelve U.S. senators and a federal commission want to shut it down, and its most virulent critics have dubbed it "Terror High."

BEDFORD -- When a student died of what was suspected to be a drug-resistant staph infection, Bedford County schools canceled classes and closed 10 school buildings to scrub them down.

Kevin Battle came dangerously close to contributing to one of the Richmond school system's most troubling statistics.

Want high-performing schools and a healthy community? Reach children early, some say. Maybe before they are even born.

American universities need to adopt a world outlook to thrive, VCU President Eugene P. Trani says.

Virginia Tech has disbursed more than $8.5 million in unsolicited donations related to the April 16 campus massacre, officials said yesterday.

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