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.
Email Megan: [email protected]
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Virginia colleges and universities are starting to advise students not to come back to campus after spring break because of concerns about spreading COVID-19. -
Virginia teachers could soon be able to ask their local school boards for collective bargaining agreements, if Gov. Ralph Northam signs a bill passed this year into law.
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Richmond Public Schools is holding open meetings to let parents ask questions and learn about proposed new curriculum before its adopted.
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The NAACP sued to rename two Hanover County schools named after Confederates during Massive Resistance, a segregationist movement. On Monday, a judge will decide if the suit can go to trial.
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A new law will protect Virginians from surprise medical bills incurred after seeing out-of-network providers.
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Although the VA Senate voted to lower student-to-teacher ratios and increase funding to support at-risk students, the bill failed in a House subcommittee. Advocates say the legislature is failing our most vulnerable students.
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It's unclear if Virginia lawmakers will reach a budget deal in time to adjourn Saturday. As of Thursday, there were major disagreements about higher education priorities.
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Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than white women are. Gov. Northam and Virginia lawmakers are working to address that disparity, but some moms and advocates say more needs to be done.
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‘Games of skill,’ known to critics as ‘grey gaming,’ could become illegal in Virginia, but some lawmakers want an exemption for family entertainment games - like skee ball.
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Although state universities are public, they also operate private foundations which allow for anonymous, untracked donations. New legislation to increase transparency aims to reveal the names - and strings - attached to donations to public schools.
