The Future of High School Network is a Carnegie Foundation initiative that embraces a new educational architecture built on a competency-based model that prioritizes meaningful learning over seat time. Two school divisions in Virginia, Henrico and Roanoke Counties, are full participants, and host Tom Landon sat down with Dr. Tinkhani White of the Foundation and two representatives from Roanoke County to learn how theory is becoming practice in Virginia High Schools.

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Virginia Cyber Range is an incredible free resource for Virginia schools who want students to learn how to defend against cyber attacks without putting their school's network in danger from hacking, phishing, and ransomware. Dr. Shannon Beck shares how the program, based at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, offers a secure, web-based space that provides state of the art instruction, lesson plans, and an online community of learners.

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Holly Sawyer at Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake loves her job teaching English Language Learners, and she works hard to make sure that her students get the chance to learn the language of computer science while also learning English.

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