…schools to full in-person learning on August 9, but the Board of Education told the V.I. Legislature Monday that it hasn't inspected and approved the reopening of schools in the Virgin Islands. The B.O.E. said it must inspect scho…
…Croix President, Rosa Soto-Thomas, said during a Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development hearing Friday that union leaders along with teachers receive important information from the Dept. of Education through socia…
…frustration and discontent with the leadership of the Department of Education. The senator, the only lawmaker who voted against the nomination of D.O.E. Commissioner Racquel Berry-Benjamin, described the department's current lack …
…of second chances, determination and sacrifice, 41 Adult Continuing Education (ACE) Program students and four GED Proud students received their high school diplomas and GED certificates, respectively, in a joint ceremony on Sunday…
…part of the observance of Teachers’ Day, the Virgin Islands Board of Education shall select a Teacher of the Year, St. Croix, and a Teacher of the Year, St. Thomas-St. John to be recognized on Teachers’ Day. In 2017, the VI Board …
…instead of split sessions in the upcoming academic school year, Education Commissioner Sharon McCollum told senators during a Committee on Education, Youth and Recreation meeting at the Capitol Building Wednesday, but the accompli…
…broke his silence on the scandal that has bedeviled his Dept. of Education Commissioner, Sharon McCollum, who the Office of the Inspector General said "acted inappropriately" and used "bad judgment" when she utilized a government-…
…announced on Tuesday that it has awarded a total of $73,000 in education enrichment grants to educators to enhance learning opportunities for U.S. Virgin Islands students. The nonprofit said that in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irm…
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $2 million Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant to the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with selfsame grants to Texas and Puerto Rico. “The victims of these hurricanes…
ST. THOMAS -- U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, above, will travel to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands today, to see the recovery and rebuilding efforts firsthand and to discuss with local officials their plans to he…
…political thought, over President Trump’s selection for Secretary of Education, reveals a very limited range of concern regarding the plight of education, not to mention the increasingly negative consequences observable among a gr…
…-- Rotary Club of St. Croix Mid-Isle announced on Wednesday its 2015 Educational Program Grant winners, through a press release issued the same day. The club has given out over $17,000 in educational programming grants over the la…
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