"The state approved its first lab school Thursday, a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University and CodeRVA Regional High School in which future teachers will train, and students will take a computer science-based curriculum.

Virginia’s Board of Education unanimously approved the school’s application, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin heralded the development as a new option for parents.

'Lab schools are a critical part of restoring excellence in the Commonwealth’s education system,' Youngkin said in a statement. 'During the first month of my administration, we launched a partnership between colleges and universities to establish K-12 lab schools across the Commonwealth and I’m pleased we’re delivering on that promise today. This is the first step in giving parents new options for their kids to learn in innovative and creative ways and break the status quo of a one-size-fits-all education,'" reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 

Photo: Kristy VanderRoest, humanities teacher at CodeRVA Regional High School in Richmond, second from right, explains her class to U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten, left, and Sen. Tim Kaine, center right, on May 15. Students Arson Davis, left foreground, and Elaine Li, right, work on their biology project. Daniel Sangjib Min, TIMES-DISPATCH