Thomas's K - 12 News

Well if you’re looking for some news about what has been happening here in the state of Virginia in Education, look no more...

It seems that Governor Tim Kaine has been having budget problems for the Commonwealth of Virginia lately, coming short $1.4 Billion. Because of this he is now trying to find ways to come up with said money and instead of raising taxes, he's cutting government spending in Education, support for local governments and more. Supposedly the cuts in education will not affect money going to operating K-12 Schools, but the construction of new ones.

Also it seems that more and more schools are using the money that they do get into modernizing their equipment and trying to network together different systems for ease of use and convenience. More than ever this means that teachers should be able to use this technology to make information available to parents and students.

Albemarle County wants to create a parent/teacher "portal" with secure access to student data. With such a tool parents could easily look up information such as student absences and grades. The system would probably be similar to U of R's Banner Web or Blackboard services.

That's all for this update! For more information on these news bits click on the links provided on this page and check back later for more education news!