Board of Education's Plan of Action
The Board of Education has set its vision, mission, and plan of action for the next several years. By working with many partners, the Board of Education intends to move Virginia’s education system dramatically forward, fostering the development of a 21st Century skills pipeline that will prepare today’s students to be tomorrow’s working adults – in short, an education system that equips all students to be responsible and self-reliant citizens of our increasingly complex and diverse global society.
With its comprehensive plan of action as its roadmap, the Board is focused on critical areas of concern: setting challenging learning standards for schools and students, finding new and effective ways to help struggling schools and divisions, emphasizing the benefits of early learning programs, improving reading and literacy at every grade and for every subgroup of students, ensuring safe and healthy learning environments, ensuring that our teachers and administrators are highly qualified, and keeping young people in school until they graduate. For the Board of Education, the goal is clear: All children can achieve at high levels.
Board of Education’s Comprehensive Plan: 2007-2012 (.pdf)
For further information, please contact Anne D. Wescott, assistant superintendent of policy and communications, Virginia Department of Education, P. O. Box 2120, Richmond, VA 23218-2120; phone: (804) 225-2403; Fax: (804) 225-2524; E-mail: Policy@doe.virginia.gov