The National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation’s leading assessment tool, will expand in 2028, giving states the opportunity to use the tests to address student achievement and inform learning practices.

As Virginia schools adopt AI and students spend more time on screens, state lawmakers question the technology’s impact on students’ safety, critical thinking and learning skills.

Two school divisions—in Loudoun and Fairfax, the state’s largest school district—submitted alternative documents that they say signify the same commitment, flouting the certification form created by the U.S. Department of Education. Norfolk signed a modified certification form.

With fentanyl deaths on the rise, Virginia legislators are divided over how—and when— schools should inform parents of student overdoses.

Some educators and advocates question the effort and believe that cell phone-free policies could be hard to enforce and may harm certain students.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin directs his administration to “heed the call” of parents, public health professionals, educators and others by establishing cell phone-free policies and procedures for school divisions, in light of growing concerns over children’s health and declines in academic performance.

The lawsuit alleges that the school board violated the U.S. Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Educational Opportunity Act. The plaintiffs seek to remove the Confederate names, mascots and vestiges, and to prevent any future school naming involving Confederate leaders or references to the Confederacy.

The Bedford County School Board filed a lawsuit seeking $600,000 in damages from the father of a special needs student, claiming the man’s abrasive communications with school staff about his son’s treatment over the last three years amounts to illegal intimidation and harassment.