Category: Columns

Column: Henrico County eliminates interims

During my years in the Henrico County school system, I have always heard teachers, students and parents stress over interim reports. And why exactly? I have never understood it.

Permanent link to this article: https://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/bluedevilsadvocate/2015/04/20/column-henrico-county-eliminates-interims/

Column: Privacy not secure with social media

Something no one can completely have. Something unrealistic, unimaginable; something falsified in our rights as Americans. You may think the information you are setting as “private” isn’t seen by anyone but you, but unfortunately that just isn’t true.

Permanent link to this article: https://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/bluedevilsadvocate/2014/12/17/column-privacy-not-secure-with-social-media/

Column: FOCUS keeps students on positive path

FOCUS is the new name for a restructured AIP, and it means exactly what its letters stand for: Firm Organized Character Modification Training to Gain Unlimited Success. The program targets academic areas for tutoring and has specific goals unlike the AIP of old.

Permanent link to this article: https://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/bluedevilsadvocate/2014/12/17/column-focus-keeps-students-on-positive-path/

Column: Don’t leave HBCU out

Spike Lee. Samuel Jackson. Oprah Winfrey. Martin Luther King, Jr. All were educated at historically black colleges and universities.

Permanent link to this article: https://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/bluedevilsadvocate/2014/11/17/column-dont-leave-hbcu-out/

Column: Technology takeover too much

Everywhere you go you see people in a race to own the latest and greatest technology. With all of these new gadgets, people of all ages are starting to lose appreciation for what they already have.

Permanent link to this article: https://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/bluedevilsadvocate/2014/10/01/column-technology-takeover-too-much/

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