Topics relating to education and instruction within the state of Virginia are listed in this category. Public, private, and religious school sites are appropriate, as are homeschooling and other Virginia educational issues.
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A coalition of homeschoolers in Virginia presents step-by-step instructions for parents and others who may be new at homeschooling, from both practical and legal perspectives. Informative articles cover such topics as the laws regulating home education, testing, and support, as well as offering details of homeschooling events, such as conferences, that may be of interest to those who are teaching their children at home.
http://www.heav.org/
Offers online and on-campus academic programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Find information on applying for study in this Lynchburg, Virginia-based Christian liberal arts university.
http://www.liberty.edu
Offers liberal arts curricula for undergraduate, graduate and master's degree level. Includes academics directory, admissions information, campus map, university calendar and a complete visitor's guide around this Southwestern Virginia-based university.
http://www.runet.edu
The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers
Also known as VaHomeschoolers, the organization seeks to promote and protect the interests of Virginia homeschoolers, through legislative work, assistance to individual homeschoolers, and by making resources available. Details of the organization are given, along with legal and legislative updates, and contact data.
http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/
With campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, TCC is one of several two-year colleges that make up the Virginia Community College System. Its academic and workforce development programs are discussed, and information is made available for new students, current students, faculty and staff.
http://www.tcc.edu/
This site is a gateway to resources and information about the programs offered through twenty-three community colleges on forty campuses throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Available data is categorized for students, policymakers, faculty and staff, workforce services, and foundations.
http://www.vccs.edu/
Virginia Department of Education
The state agency responsible for regulating public education within the state of Virginia offers wide variety of topics on its site, from administrative matters to school standards, progress reports and statistics, public notices pertaining to education in the state, and resources for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/
