Megan Pauly
Staff Reporter, VPM NewsMegan Pauly reports on early childhood and higher education news in Virginia. She was a 2020-21 reporting fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network and a 2019-20 reporting fellow with the Education Writers Association.
Megan previously worked for NPR affiliate WDDE in Wilmington, Delaware, and freelanced for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. She's also reported for NPR, Marketplace, The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report and more.
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Many colleges and universities are planning to reopen their campuses – at least partially – for in-person classes this fall. Schools like VCU, UVA and Virginia Tech have already announced plans for a mix of in-person and online classes in the fall. -
School may be officially out for summer, but food distribution efforts aren’t ending just because the school year has.
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A group of Henrico County parents, calling themselves Choices for Virginia Schools, want the county school district to fully resume in-person instruction in the fall.
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Richmond’s public school system is considering several scenarios for reopening schools in the fall.
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School districts across the country have been ending their relationships with local police departments in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota on Memorial Day.
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The state’s guidelines for reopening schools apply to private day schools, specialized schools for Virginia students with disabilities, as well as public schools. The guidelines allow in-person instruction for these students during phase one and two.
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Virginia school districts finally received guidelines from the Governor for how – and when – preK-12 public and private schools can resume in-person classes over the summer and fall.
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The Hanover County NAACP has been asking the county’s school district to change the names of Lee Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School for years.
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There’s a free COVID testing event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bermuda Medical Center in North Chesterfield County.
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As protests over the death of George Floyd continue in Richmond while COVID-19 cases continue to climb, area health experts are weighing in on some considerations for police and protestors.
