Norfolk Public Schools received a $965,000 award to support recruitment efforts.

"To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Diary of Anne Frank," "A Midsummer Nights Dream" and more are among dozens of instructional materials used in Hampton Roads classrooms that may contain "sexually explicit content," according to school officials. Under Senate Bill 656, parents have the right to opt their child out of lessons using those materials and request alternative lessons.

The Virginia Board of Education approved its K-12 history and social science standards after months of often heated debate and public input.

The Norfolk School Board said more time is needed to determine how the school system will move forward with a study that would help guide future planning for Booker T. Washington High School.

Virginia Beach Public Schools is seeking community input on new designs for Princess Anne High School, Bayside High School, Bayside Sixth Grade Campus and Bettie F. Williams Elementary.

Because of the Something in the Water festival, Virginia Beach Public Schools will release early Friday, April 28 “due to uncertainty regarding traffic conditions,” according to a notice sent to families Tuesday afternoon.

The Norfolk School Board is set to vote Wednesday on the Booker T. Washington feasibility study after disagreements over the direction of the study amongst school leaders led the superintendent to pause the process.

The mother of the 6-year-old who brought a handgun into Little Creek Elementary School in February will appear in court again June 22 as attorneys in the case await additional evidence.

A Hodges Manor Elementary School instructional assistant is on administrative leave following a report that three second-grade students participated in “inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature” inside a classroom, according to a Portsmouth Public Schools spokesperson.