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Charlottesville School Board approves collective bargaining agreement with teachers
VA Board of Education moves to raise bar to pass state tests
Charlottesville to bring back school resource officers
National Articles of Interest
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Federal Funding and the DEI Push
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DOE Updates
Board Approved Additional Textbook and Instructional Materials for K-12 Mathematics
Article: 2025-13-137
Audience: Superintendents, Directors, School Principals, Teachers
Contact: Victoria Bohidar, Mathematics Coordinator, Victoria.Bohidar@doe.virginia.gov
On March 27, 2025, the Virginia Board of Education received the Final Review of Additional Proposed State Approved Textbooks for K-12 Mathematics and Instructional Materials.?The Board of Education took action to approve the list of proposed mathematics textbooks and instructional materials.?The Department of Education has published a consolidated list of approved textbooks on its?Mathematics Textbook and Instructional Materials Review | Virginia Department of Education webpage.???
The?Code of Virginia?permits local school boards to use textbooks not approved by the Virginia Board of Education.?If a local school board opts to use a textbook not approved by the Board of Education, a local textbook review process should be conducted that includes components similar to the state-level review with a focus on High-Quality materials.?The?Guidelines for Local Textbook Approval, updated by the Board of Education in September 2011, provide additional information.??
A comprehensive overview of the current textbook review process, along with the Regulations Governing Local School Boards and School Divisions, are available in?Virginia’s Textbook Review Process.
Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission Opportunity
Virginia Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera, VDOE, and VA250 invite students to help make history come alive and enter the Expressions of Freedom competition. This is an opportunity for grade 3-12 students to share their ideas and perspectives through artwork, videos, audio recordings, poetry or essays in response to the question, “What does Freedom mean to you?”??Selected student work will be placed in a time capsule in the restored pedestal of the statue of George Washington located in historic Trafalgar Square, London, England. Submissions are due by April 11.
Vocabulary DevelopmentClassrooms across the state are encouraging students to dive into the world of words through engaging in reading multiple genres and a variety of texts around a thematic topic or theme. As educators are working with families to enhance student vocabulary, you may want to share a variety of instructional approaches that have students engaged in authentic text including Read Alouds, Conversations and Questions, Cross-Curricular Vocabulary, Writing Assignments, Independent Reading, and Explicit Vocabulary Instruction. Continue to encourage families to utilize the resources found on the VDOE website as well as the “Family Supports for Reading” in the Resource Hub.
