21+ hour, 39+ min ago   (408+ words) A school bus transporting students from Glenwood Middle School departed for its normal route Tuesday, but it ended up near Westminster before students alerted authorities. About 40 minutes after the school’s scheduled dismissal time, Maryland State Police received the first dispatch…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (261+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Two new programs will replace the classes that have for decades trained high school students to become first responders. The school district’s public safety classes will be replaced by specific firefighting and law enforcement pathways beginning fall 2027. Sara…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (389+ words) “The abuse was ritualized, meticulously planned, and sadistic. … Enduring sexual abuse was required to be a member of the Michigan Men’s Ice Hockey team,” attorney Michael Pitt said in a sex discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Detroit....

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (295+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Tuesday evening’s School Board meeting started with a message from the board’s attorney. “Most of the FOIA requests are against other board members,” said Chair Kathleen Brown. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars of staff time. It…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (605+ words) YORK — A science teacher at York High School is back in the classroom after a trip conducting research on the U.S. continental shelf as part of NOAA’s Teacher at Sea program. Amber LaMonte stepped aboard NOAA’s ship Pisces in Newport,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (327+ words) August marks the return to school for millions of students nationwide. It’s a fitting time to focus on educational equity to help close achievement gaps. Recent national data shows that the gap between the highest-performing students and lowest-performing students is…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (521+ words) One Williamsburg-area bookstore is remembering country music legend Dolly Parton by offering free books to children on Friday. As the owner of Turn the Page Bookshop, Ralph Tedeschi has been a supporter of Parton’s Imagination Library, a free book-gifting program…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) WILLIAMSBURG — The William & Mary Real Estate Foundation has filed plans with the city of Williamsburg to build 37 townhomes along the Richmond Road corridor near campus. The property that the foundation hopes to redevelop includes Richmond Hall, which houses about 175 William…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (391+ words) A number of forces are conspiring to change the higher education landscape, from a looming demographic cliff expected to drive down overall enrollment to policies advanced by the Trump administration affecting international students and even course curriculum. But these institutions…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (484+ words) WILLIAMSBURG — The stairs leading up to Matthew Whaley Elementary School were filled with families Monday as they celebrated the first day of school, sending their children off with hugs, smiles and even a few tears. The elementary school’s nearly 500 students…...