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Alycia and Steven Wright began homeschooling their children about a decade ago. While their two eldest daughters attended Richmond Montessori School — Alexandra until the fourth grade and Jordan for kindergarten — their younger daughters, Kennedy and Stevie, have always been homeschooled. Mrs. Wright says because there is no separation between learning and education, the family is able to be “life learners with no limits.”

GOFFSTOWN - Parents pull around the circular driveway to drop their children off in the morning. Students climb the steps and hang their backpacks on hooks. Katy Rose greets her

Some parents are choosing not to have their children return to the traditional classroom. Instead, they are enrolling them in "microschools."

Pushed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of Virginia parents decided to homeschool their children.

HADLEY — Qualifying senior citizens and veterans participating in the senior tax work-off program in 2022 will be eligible to get a larger reduction in their property tax bills.The Select Board recently approved increasing the maximum work-off amount...

Students from a Virginia school recently made a surprise massive donation to help out a Black history museum in their community. Richard Stewart’s home on Pocahontas Island, a peninsula located in Petersburg, Virginia, doubles as the museum. Stewart, who is considered the unofficial “mayor” of the island — reportedly the home, as early as the 1800s, of free Blacks who achieved prosperity and esteem — purchased the 18 th-century home in 2002. He began collecting artifacts related to Bl...

Sean Jones, The Progress-Index Richard Stewart tells students from Cultural Roots Cooperative about the history of Pocahontas Island inside his Black History Museum on the island, on May 3, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. (Sean Jones/The Progress-Index via AP) May 09, 2021 - 6:02 AM PETERSBURG, Va. - “It’s so nice to hear children’s voices in here again,” said Richard Stewart, immersed in a field trip of about 20 kids standing in his home on Pocahontas I...

School co-op raises funds for Black history museum SEAN JONES, The Progress-Index FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Students from Cultural Roots, an education cooperative, gift $3,500 to Richard Stewart, who runs the Pocahontas Island Black History Museum on the island, on May 3, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. (Sean Jones/The Progress-Index via AP)Sean Jones/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3Richard Stewart tells students from Cultural Roots Cooperative about the history of Pocahontas Island inside his ...

The Progress-Index PETESRBURG – “It’s so nice to hear childrens voices in here again,” said Richard Stewart, immersed in a field trip of about 20 kids standing in his home on Pocahontas Island.  Stewart’s house doubles as a Black History Museum that chronicles the island’s history as a the “oldest Black community in the United States.” It was the home of free Blacks as early as the 1800s, achieving prosperity and esteem. About 700 historical pieces are packed within ...