This fall marks my twentieth year of teaching. Call me an idealist: The one lesson I’ve learned several times over is that there is no substitute for a teacher’s actual, human presence in the classroom, interacting with students by walking among their desks, glancing at their papers, making sure the
About 7,000 children in Virginia don’t attend public schools because their parents asked for a religious exemption. Many may be home schooled, but a new report suggests some might not be getting any education as Sandy Hausman reports.
Having played in three Super Bowls and becoming a reliable tight end for one of the NFL’s top teams, the memorable moments have been in abundance during Honaker High School (and University of Virginia) graduate Heath Miller’s eight professional seasons.
This is a guest post from University of Virginia political scientist Eric Patashnik. ***** The United States Preventative Services Task Force on Monday issued a report advising healthy women who do not have symptoms against receiving routine screening test...
"This could become a new defining moment for the campaign or it could fade away in a week," Larry Sabato, professor of politics and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, told CBC News.
The latest numbers show the poverty rate in the U.S. isn't getting any worse, but it also isn't getting any better. "Younger people are the least experienced workers, so I would expect them to be the first fired during a recession and the last hired," said Ed Olsen, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Virginia.
The embattled leader of the University of Virginia board miscalculated the fallout of her secretive effort to oust the school’s popular president and scrambled for support from within the university community as the crisis unfolded earlier this year, according to more than 2,500 pages of previously unreleased e-mails The Washington Post obtained from U-Va.
Other scholars said outrage over blasphemy has sparked violence within other faiths, including Christianity. Beginning in 1692, it killed 20 people and nearly destroyed the small community of Salem, Mass., said Benjamin Ray, director of the Salem Witch Trials digital archives at the University of Virginia.
WASHINGTON — After all this time running to lead America, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are still trying to show they really believe in America. Both men have made the election not just about the economy or even the American Dream, but about America itself.
The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades.
Putting minds together is Spencer Ingram’s mission. This spring, the young UVA grad launched Hack C’ville, a startup incubator exclusively for student entrepreneurs. At any given time, his office on Elliewood Avenue is a home away from home for half a dozen or more teams of UVA undergrads developing websites, apps, and more.
When Kevin Davis and Chris Peck, both graduate composers in UVA’s music department, took over the reins of the Bridge’s “noise committee” from departing Ph.D. student Jonathan Zorn, The Bridge proposed following up with Audio May. “We said, ‘May’s too busy, and the summer’s dead, so why don’t we just do Audio September?’” said Davis. With help from other UVA music students and Bridge volunteers they spent months assembling a calendar of events devoted to sound, including performances of jazz, rock, hip-hop, and experimental musi...
A new study by the Child Advocacy Clinic at the University of Virginia law school found that more than 7,000 Virginia children were granted religious exemptions from mandatory school attendance during the 2010-11 school year.
In "The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation," Kal Raustiala and U.Va. law professor Christopher Sprigman argue copying is the wellspring of innovation. And more innovation, they say, is what the U.S. has to have in order to keep competitive in the world economy.
When people say Civil War and lost cause in the same sentence, they're usually talking about the Confederacy. But that's not the view of Gary W. Gallagher, a professor of history at the University of Virginia.
Public relations firm Hill + Knowlton charged $208,577.36 for the services it provided to the University of Virginia’s Rector Helen E. Dragas, during this summer’s leadership crisis. UVa officials had earlier announced that Board of Visitors member John L. Nau III picked up the entire tab, but Nau provided an invoice for the work in the interest of transparency, according to UVa spokeswoman Carol Wood
Includes comments from political analyst Geoffrey Skelley of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades. In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education piece, University of Virginia professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, who is published by the University of California Press, wrote that if the publishers prevailed, he would fear for his job.
A study done at the University of Virginia is questioning a state policy that allows parents to pull their kids out of school for religious reasons. More than 7,000 children in the commonwealth were exempt last year for reasons of faith.
For Saturday’s program, the local Cash Mob has partnered with Madison House as a nonprofit partner. In addition, musicians Scott T., Michael Coleman and Matthew McAlister will be featured, along with a dramatic presentation by the University of Virginia’s Shakespeare On The Lawn of a scene from Henry V.