Hampton university will take in 50 to 100 students who have been studying in Ukraine and extent the opportunity to allow those students to stay at the institution after the upcoming semester.

Hampton City schools decided to start classes before the holiday and recommended additional spending for its 2022-23 budget.

Hampton parented with Amazon to establish the new degree program that will help students obtain advanced degrees and fill positions in the STEM and robotics field.

Five out of six Peninsula school districts will begin classes one week before the usual start date. Only Gloucester, York and Williamsburg-James City counties began classes before the holiday this school year. Newport News and Hampton will follow suit for the 2022-23 academic year.

Dozens of students staged a walkout Monday at four of Hampton's high schools. The 15-year-old who organized the walkout told her mother she wanted to organize a peaceful protest after seeing what her family experienced since they began to speak publicly about her sister’s sexual assault allegations.

Several school officials and community members Friday condemned claims made by Virginia Beach board member Victoria Manning in a social media post saying it’s “not sustainable” to continue teaching students who speak English as a second language (ESL). The Facebook post which singles out Latin American students.

Hampton City Schools will launch an online learning program for K-5 students in Virginia. The district will enroll 108 students and hire six teachers in its first year.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin promised parents he would eliminate critical race theory in schools, a term that has become a framework for anything controversial. But some are raising concerns that it’s an attempt to roll back progressive efforts to provide Virginia K-12 students with an equitable, inclusive education.

Committee members were required to read the text and answer six discussion questions based on the district’s instructional material policy. Every committee unanimously agreed to keep its assigned book.