Welcome back to Extra Credit, a weekly roundup of education-related news from across Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Schools across the state are reflecting on student achievement after the Virginia Department of Education last week released results from state testing that occurred during the 2025-26 school year.
Several school divisions in Southwest and Southside Virginia were recognized for particularly high levels of improvement in reading or math. Bland, Danville, Dickenson, Giles, Henry and Lexington schools were among them. Read the full story here…