Oprah Winfrey spent $40 million to give the girls at her school in South Africa a campus with computer and science labs, a library and a wellness center. None paid tuition. The students are high-achievers, often from communities where schools are struggling to overcome the legacy of apartheid. As the South African school year nears […]
About 96 percent of the Chesterfield County students who began the 2010-11 school year as seniors graduated, according to a report the School Board will receive at its monthly meeting Tuesday night. The preliminary statistics show that 4,333 students earned diplomas. The school system counted 4,531 seniors in September for the Virginia Department of Education’s […]
