Virginia Board of Education sets textbook accuracy guidelines

The State Board of Education has set guidelines to thoroughly vet textbooks and approved guidelines for the prevention of sexual misconduct and abuse in Virginia public schools. The board unanimously passed both measures.

The Virginia Department of Education revised its process for approving school textbooks after two elementary history textbooks published by Five Ponds Press were discovered to have significant errors last year. To learn more about the textbook guidelines, read the full article by Jeremy Slayton at The News & Advance online.