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Public Meetings
Calendar of public meetings includes monthly Board of Education meetings and various subject matter committee meetings.

Project Graduation
Virginia Diploma Requirements and Opportunities for Remedial Instruction

Senior Year Plus
Includes Early College Scholars and Path to Industry Certification

Virginia's Virtual Advanced Placement (AP) School
Online Enrollment Now Open for 2005-2006

Race to GED
A Faster Way for Adults to Earn a GED – Start Your Engines for a Better Job!

DOE-TV
Video Features from the Virginia Department of Education

Virginia Veteran Honorary Diploma
Honorary Diplomas for Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War

Virginia School Report Card
Information on student achievement and more for the state as a whole and for individual schools and school divisions

Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)
Academic Standards, Resources for Educators, and Released Tests

Textbook and Instructional Materials
Information on the Review of Textbooks and Instructional Materials

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Latest Information and Guidance on Virginia’s Implementation of NCLB

Professional Development Opportunities
Training sessions, workshops, and conferences; includes online opportunities

Teacher Support and Retention Initiative
Initiatives, Incentives, Support, and Opportunities for Teachers, Schools, and School Divisions from Education for a Lifetime

Teachers for Tomorrow
Recruiting Teachers for Tomorrow in Today’s High Schools

Healthy Virginians Scorecard
Governor Mark R. Warner’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Award Program

Principal's Memos
Current and Archived Memos to Principals from the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction

Model School Crisis Management Plan
Model Policies, Procedures, and Forms for Division and School Crisis Plans

Legislative Tracking
Legislative Actions Impacting Virginia Public Schools

SOL Technology Initiative
Information and Resources on the Implementation of the SOL Technology Initiative

The Home Front: Virginia Public Schools and Children of the Military

Map with directions to VDOE
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Mailing Address: Virginia Department of Education P. O. Box 2120 Richmond, VA 23218	Physical Address: Virginia Department of Education James Monroe Building 101 N. 14th Street Richmond, VA 23219

Superintendent of Schools, Jo Lynne DeMary.

A Message from the Superintendent (October 31, 2005)

Standards

Superintendent's Memos

Two Virginia K-12 Educators Receive $25,000 Milken Awards - High School Teachers in Chesterfield County and Salem Honored

Nine Out of 10 Virginia Schools Now Fully Accredited - Two Percent of Schools to 92 Percent in 8 Years

Spotsylvania County Educator Deborah Goforth Named Virginia’s 2006 Teacher of the Year

Governor Warner Announces Expansion of Successful Race to GED Program
Cost-effective initiative will include free testing, scholarships, and targeted instruction

Virginia Students Again Outscore the Nation and South in Reading and Math on “Nation’s Report Card”

Governor Warner Announces Graduation Rates for Class of 2005 - Nearly half of graduates earn Advanced Studies diplomas; 2,639 benefit from Governor’s Project Graduation initiative -

Norfolk Principal Named National Middle School Principal of The Year

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Education Resources for Students and Teachers Affected by Hurricane Katrina

More Education for a Lifetime School Division Efficiency Reviews Now Complete

The Virginia Board of Education is seeking public comment on its proposed revisions to the Regulations Establishing Standards For Accrediting Public Schools In Virginia.

Virginia’s Statewide Praxis I Tutorial Assistance Program

Recorded OMEGA training sessions now available

Commonwealth of Virginia – Virginia's official Web site.

SchoolMatters – Online resource, developed by the Education Data Partnership, offering user-friendly tools to analyze school data.

Teacher-To-Teacher Workshops – Online professional development for teachers from the U.S. Department of Education, including streaming-video courses on effective instruction in English, mathematics, science, and other subjects.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – teaching and learning resources from Federal agencies.

Virginia Commission on Youth – provides a legislative forum in which complex issues related to Virginia youth and their families may be explored and resolved.

NCS Mentor – A training tool to help teachers prepare students for the SOL writing test.

Kids Commonwealth – Virginia Resources and Links for Kids and Teachers.

PASS – Information on the Governor's Partnership for Achieving Successful Schools. A new initiative to assist low performing schools in Virginia.

Teach Virginia – An electronic job bank and hiring hall for school divisions and teachers.

Virginia's Community of Learning is a curriculum, instructional, technology and professional development resource for educators.

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