Sullivan seeks lessons from U-Va. crisis

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Donna St. George and Jenna Johnson

Teresa Sullivan reflects on the events of the summer and preceding 22 months of her presidency.

U-Va. crisis put donor in awkward spot

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Donna St. George

When the president of U-Va. was forced out in early June, many on campus worried that wealthy donors had a hidden hand in the decision-making. Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II became a lightning rod for suspicion.

U-Va. takes major step in online education

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Daniel de Vise

The University of Virginia joins a prestigious online consortium, moving the school toward the front of a potentially transformative movement to online learning on a global scale.

18 days of upheaval at U-Va.

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Paul Schwartzman, Daniel de Vise, Anita Kumar and Jenna Johnson

The U-Va. drama is the story of a power play gone awry, with missteps and miscalculations on all sides.

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What schools need: Vigor instead of rigor

Valerie Strauss

You can’t get away from the word “rigor” when it comes to school reform, but here’s an argument that it is time for a better word and a better concept to drive American education. How about “vigor?”

A new way to evaluate teachers — by teachers

Valerie Strauss

Teacher educators across the country are stepping up to create new, valid tools to hold themselves and their colleagues accountable in an era when teachers have become punching bags for reformers intent on using student test scores to evaluate the worth of a teacher, Linda Darling-Hammond writes.

Why hasn’t U-Va.’s governing board been replaced?

Valerie Strauss

All you need to know about why the University of Virginia governing board needs a serious shakeup can be found in an interview that my colleagues did with the school’s president, Teresa Sullivan.

U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs

The Rotunda is crumbling. But the $51 million repair project is one urgent need among many for a higher education system that is a source of both pride and worry for Virginia’s leaders.

Crackdown at Naval Academy

Synthetic marijuana, commonly called “spice,” is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy, some midshipmen say.

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