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parent education

(Encyclopedia)parent education, movement to help parents' understanding of the problems of children at home and in the school. Much parent education is carried on through the channels of adult education, both forma...

preschool education

(Encyclopedia)preschool education: see kindergarten; nursery school. ...

Virginia Beach

(Encyclopedia)Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of Virginia Beach were mer...

Virginia bluebell

(Encyclopedia)Virginia bluebell: see borage.

Virginia City

(Encyclopedia)Virginia City, uninc. village (1990 pop. 920), seat of Storey co., W Nev.; settled 1859. Now largely a tourist center, it was the site of the Comstock Lode and a major hub for the mining of silver and...

Virginia Company

(Encyclopedia)Virginia Company, name of two English colonizing companies, chartered by King James I in 1606. By the terms of the charter, the Virginia Company of London (see London Company) was given permission to ...

Virginia cowslip

(Encyclopedia)Virginia cowslip: see borage.

Virginia creeper

(Encyclopedia)Virginia creeper, native woody vine (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) of the family Vitaceae (grape family), tall growing and popular as a wall covering in the temperate United States. It has blue-black b...

Virginia Resolutions

(Encyclopedia)Virginia Resolutions: see Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. ...

Virginia Tech

(Encyclopedia)Virginia Tech: see Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. ...