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Residents of a conservative district in Virginia grapple with the riots in Washington DC and its impact.
Residents of a conservative district in Virginia grapple with the riots in Washington DC and its impact.
By Silvia Martelli
BBC News, Washington DC
The former Holiday Inn offered landmark views of Washington, but was brought down without a hitch in a controlled implosion.
Martin Lewes
Reporter
The role played by the buildings that are now now the Ambleside campus of the University of Cumbria in establishing modern primary education methods is being marked by building links with the Charlotte Mason Institute in the US.
The buildings are what was created from the work of Charlotte Mason, who established a child-centred philosophy of education that is now followed by millions of teachers and home-school families in countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, India and the United States.
The campus was a teacher training college named after her until the end of the last century.
The Charlotte Mason Institute is based in Roanoke, Virginia, and three prominent associates, the founder, Dr Carroll Smith, Dr Jennifer Spencer, the institute’s curriculum project director, and Dr Deani Van Pelt, president of Ontario-based Edvance Christian Schools Association, are intending to visit Ambleside next year.
Dr Spencer said: “I want to pull Charlotte Mason back from the fringes and showcase her as a woman who was so forward-thinking that she is still in the vanguard of educational thought, even a century after her death."
Quote Message: Her principles had nothing to do with grades or test scores for career preparation, they were all about teaching us to be ‘more of a person’, cultivating wide interests, magnanimous character, humane boundaries and deeper relationships.” from Dr Jennifer Spencer
Virginia is projected to vote for Joe Biden.
The state used to vote Republican at presidential elections, but voters have swung to the Democrats during the last three elections.
The US president visits his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, to thank his team on election day.
Tangier Island is on the frontline of climate change but residents say saving jobs now is the priority.
By Tara McKelvey
Sterling, Virginia
Deadly Tropical Storm Isaias has cut a swathe of destruction along parts of the East Coast.
By Aleem Maqbool
BBC News, Richmond, Virginia
Morgan Bullock was accused of "cultural appropriation" after a video of her Irish dancing went viral.
Statues of leading figures of the Confederacy, as well as those that depict people of colour as inferior, are being reconsidered.
Photographer helps 500 high school juniors honour their commencement through portraits.