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Board of Visitors extends Sands’ contract through 2024 and sets $1.6 billion budget June 5, 2018
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a $1.6 billion budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year and voted to extend president Tim Sands’ contract through 2024 during the quarterly full-board meeting today.
Virginia Tech common book author Eric Greitens resigns as governor of Missouri May 30, 2018
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, who is also the author of Virginia Tech’s 2015–17 common book “The Heart and the Fist,” resigned on Tuesday over the scandal involving his former hairdresser that had dominated his term in office.

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.