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GREENVILLE, Va. -- Extra-curricular activities have been cancelled tonight and schools will be closed Friday in a western Virginia school district after the district received "voluminous phone calls ...

Schools in a central Virginia school district will be closed on Friday due to backlash against a high school world geography class assignment. Augusta County Public Schools Superintendent Eric Bond ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. STAUNTON, Va. – A rural Virginia school district canceled classes and a ...

Zhao Yizhou's calligraphy works are on display in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] While calligraphy is often hard even for average Chinese people to appreciate, Zhao Yizhou has taken up the ...

CAMP ZAMA (Dec. 2, 2019) -- Ken Ishida started teaching shodo--the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy--at the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center about 10 years ago. Since then, Ishida has observed ...