PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Returning to school should be an exciting time for kids, but the recent spike in school threats is causing a shift in the classroom experience across the country. So what’s ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The homeschooling population has been back on the rise in Virginia for the past two school years. The number of students receiving an education at home increased last school year by ...

LUNENBURG COUNTY, Va. — The number of families choosing to homeschool their children in Virginia is increasing, with nearly 63,000 students learning from home during the 2024-25 school year, according ...

VIRGINIA, USA — More Virginia families are choosing to educate their children at home, and the numbers are climbing again after a post-COVID-19 pandemic dip. Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President and ...

Virginia saw a sharp jump in the number of kids who were homeschooled last year, according to the latest data from the Virginia Department of Education. Why it matters: Homeschool rates in the state ...

JAMES CITY — When the COVID-19 pandemic hit more than three years ago and forced the shutdown of schools across Virginia, Patricia Rosas-Barber, a James City County mother of four, opted to pull her ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA - APRIL 3: Teacher Maria Magallanes, R, homeschools Zola West, 7, a child who lives next door, at the Magallanes home in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, April 3, 2020. In this age of social ...

When Rachel Marshall was growing up in Virginia, her parents kept a magnet on the refrigerator from a national homeschooling ...

When Rachel Marshall was growing up in Virginia, her parents kept a magnet on the refrigerator from a national homeschooling advocacy group, with a phone number to call if local ...