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National Association of State Approving Agencies (NASAA) is a member association that facilitates the efforts of its member State Approving Agencies (SAAs) in the United States of America, to promote and safeguard quality education and training programs for veterans, ensuring greater education and training opportunities for veterans, and protecting the integrity of the GI Bill.
In general, veterans may receive monetary assistance to pursue an approved program of education as follows: (i) payments covering the established charges of the program, (ii) a housing stipend based on a servicemember of pay grade E-5 with dependants in the area of the educational institution (iii) an annual stipend of $1,000.
The University of Virginia received a five-year, $5 million, Teachers for a New Era [6] grant to develop new models in teacher education. A 2006 report by Arthur Levine named the School among four "distinctive university-based teacher education programs that are exemplars in the field."
The concept of the Governor's School actually started as a three-year grant funded program in Stafford County, Virginia, from 1970 - 1972. One hundred Stafford public high school students were selected as "day students" and 100 public high school students from across the state were invited to be "on campus" students and were housed at the then Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
In 1954, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) was founded as a non-profit, non-governmental accrediting body. In 1997, Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) was founded and dedicated to improving academic degree programs for professional educators, defined as those who teach and lead in schools pre-K through grade 12.
In December 2004, the New Hampshire Commissioner of Education approved the American Board program. [17] The Mississippi Professional Standards Board approved the program in July 2006. Governor Haley Barbour said, "In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi faces years of recovery and rebuilding. To ensure that we accomplish our goals ...
Virginia Department of Education: Schools: 34 elementary, 9 middle, 5 high, 16 auxiliary programs/other facilities: NCES District ID: 5102670: Students and staff; Students: About 4,400 students(2023–24 school year) [1] Teachers: About 2,590 (FTE) [1] Other information; Mission: The Cornerstone of a Proudly Diverse Community: Website: www ...
Virginia Beach City Public Schools currently serves approximately 70,000 students, and includes 87 schools. [ 3 ] The division has a fleet of nearly eight hundred school buses , which is serviced by two bus garages and is the second largest employer in the city, following Naval Air Station Oceana .