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• Disparity claims in gifted programs to be studied

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 11/18/2009 05:01 am

  Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has asked the Virginia Department of Education to examine claims of racial disparities among students in gifted education programs in Virginia. While African-Americans make up 26 ...

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• Richmond, Chesterfield schools face cuts as Va. recalculates index

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 11/15/2009 05:01 am

  The hits keep coming for Virginia’s financially strapped school systems. The Virginia Department of Education recently recalculated the composite index for the 2010 and 2011 school years, which determines how ...

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• Student achievement improves at Petersburg High School

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 11/09/2009 05:01 am

  PETERSBURG—Changing the culture of low student achievement at Petersburg High School didn’t happen overnight. Through steady, persistent work by an administration and instructional staff led by Principal Alicia Fields, the ...

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• Va. graduation, dropout rates improve over last year

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/21/2009 05:01 am

  Virginia’s graduation and dropout rates improved slightly over last year, with varied results across districts in the Richmond region. Data released yesterday by the Virginia Department of Education showed 83.2 ...

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• Va. High School Graduation Rates Improve

  WRIC 8 News | 10/20/2009 05:56 pm

  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - About 83 percent of students in the class of 2009 graduated after four years of high school. The Virginia Department of Education says the on-time graduation ...

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• Va. graduation, dropout rates a bit better

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/20/2009 04:02 pm

  Eight out of every 10 high school students in the class of 2009 graduated on time with a diploma, according to data released today by the Virginia Department of Education. ...

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• Data on adult-education students missing

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/15/2009 05:01 am

  A flash drive containing personal information for more than 100,000 former adult-education students is missing, according to state officials who now are trying to notify all those affected by the ...

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• Va. education department: Personal data of 100,000 students is missing

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/14/2009 05:34 pm

  A flash drive containing personal information for about 100,000 former adult education students has been lost, and now the Virginia Department of Education is trying to notify all those affected. ...

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• Va education officials report ID data loss

  WWBT 12 News | 10/14/2009 05:25 pm

  Associated Press - October 14, 2009 12:25 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Education says personal information about more than 103,000 former adult-education students has...

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• Schools cited on discipline of minority special-ed students

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/09/2009 05:01 am

  School divisions identified as being too heavy-handed when it comes to disciplining minority special-education students now must put money toward early efforts to keep children out of special education. Chesterfield ...

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