NEA Program Spurs Success at Virginia Schools

With support, all schools can be excellent. That is the mantra behind the association’s Priority Schools Initiative where four Virginia pilot projects -- two elementary schools, a high school, and a school division -– have been chosen to receive association support. That support translates into training, resources, and expertise.

With funding from NEA to effect change in these pilot projects, the schools and the association signed three-year contracts. As the end of the second year approached with the end of the 2004 school year, the Virginia Education Association's VEA News reviewed how the project schools are doing so far and what can be learned from their experiences.

VEA News found that all have succeeded in raising student test scores on Virginia's comprehensive "Standards of Learning" exams. Read about these success stories at:

• Rocky Gap Elementary School
• Fairfield Court Elementary School
• Amherst Middle School
• Lake Taylor High School