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A bill to delay and possibly change the proposed A-F grading scale for public schools is making its way through the General Assembly. The House of Delegates Education Committee approved a bill last week that would delay implementation of the A-F school grading system that ranks schools based on SOL performance. A school that gets an "A" receives full accreditation and a school that receives an "F" can lose accreditation.

The House Education Committee approved a bill delaying the implementation of a new grading system for schools this past week, but some delegates are questioning if the new system meets the needs of Virginia schools, parents and communities. This past November, the State Board of Education approved a new A-to-F grading system for individual state schools to supplement the current accreditation system.

RICHMOND - Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has been passed by the House and will be considered by a Senate committee this week.

Dozens of robots gathered at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center in late March with their high school creators, competing in Virginia's largest youth robotics tournament. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, VirginiaFIRST held its annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, inviting students from high schools all over the Atlantic coast to compete in the "varsity sport of the mind," with all the flash of an NCAA sporting event. Teams composed of either single or combined high schools had students in their respective robotics clubs making highly sophisticated robots for this year's game. The student-constructed robots can be up to 120 pounds and 5 feet tall, built with no assembly instructions and only minor assistance from team mentors.

With a new law mandating that school administrators be evaluated every year, a national organization has started training school leaders in Virginia to improve school climate, teacher effectiveness and student outcomes. The National Institute of School Leadership has begun its Executive Development Program in Virginia, with the goal of giving principals the knowledge and skills they need to be leaders and to improve student achievement in their schools.

RICHMOND - Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has been passed by the House and will be considered by a Senate committee this week.

RICHMOND - Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has been passed by the House and will be considered by a Senate committee this week.

RICHMOND - Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has been passed by the House and will be considered by a Senate committee this week.

RICHMOND - Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has been passed by the House and will be considered by a Senate committee this week.

Full-time governor's schools in Virginia are requesting an additional $2.9 million from the state this year to correct a funding disparity in the budget formula between part-time and full-time governor's schools.

More Virginians are home-schooling their children

School safety panel will be 'reasonable'

Student athletes in youth sports programs could be included under new concussion policies if a bill seeking to add guidelines for non-interscholastic teams passes. House Bill 410 patron Delegate Richard Anderson, R-Woodbridge, said the bill was introduced in memory of Austin Trenum, a student from Brenstville High School in Prince William County.