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Multiple students lose ticket privileges after Notre Dame football game October 22, 2018
Before the football game against Notre Dame on Oct. 6, multiple Virginia Tech students received an email from Ticketing Services letting them know they were in violation of the student ticket policy, and that their ticket privileges, which allow them…
Virginia Tech students to create sustainable waste solution in Rwanda October 22, 2018
Seven Virginia Tech students along with two faculty members have taken on The Rwanda Project to create a sustainable solution for the lack of a waste infrastructure in Rilima, Rwanda. Sydney Buck, a sophomore pursuing construction engineering and management, is…

The Road to a High School Diploma Is Changing in N.Y., But Are All Graduates Prepared? - Education Week June 13, 2018
New York state has made a series of changes the past few years that give kids more opportunities to graduate, but also feed criticism that more students will leave high school unprepared.
After-School Programs Enter Career-Tech Space - Education Week June 6, 2018
A pair of after-school programs in Portland offer high school students a glimpse of what it's like to work in building design and construction.

Setting Up Effective Group Work
Truly collaborative group work is complex and messy, so we have a few tips and tools to get students working interdependently.
Framing Difficult Feedback for Parents
A strategy teachers can use to turn parents into partners when discussing difficult situations involving their kids.