The Times-Dispatch reports that this University has announced the “Brighter Future Initiative” program that will give 100 Richmond high school seniors grants up to 1,400 each year for four years. The university says that with other state and federal grants a student could attend the university for less than $900 a year. Full-scale tuition is $13,662 which does not include housing.

on the new way they are calculating which school is doing the best in the area by using a growth model.

could rise as much as 20% over the next six years under a plan designed to end the annual budget battles between school and county officials.

that new budget is going to lead to teacher layoff, but do not know how many though.

and they show gains in most grade levels for math. Even eight grade science and reading scores have improved as well.

that math exams for fifth for eighth graders are going on in some cities even though runoff elections are occurring.