Youth, Schools, and Child Care

When Virginia Delegate Katrina Callsen took the floor during the 2025 General Assembly session to introduce a bold bill expanding access to advanced math coursework for middle schoolers, she brought research—not just rhetoric—with her. That research came from specialists at the…

This manual outlines the structures and practices of the Starr Hill Pathways research project. Members of this project include staff at The Center for Community Partnerships at UVA, university faculty and students, K-12 education partners, and community-based organizations.

A central location for community members to find resources within UVA.

Learn more here: https://uva.theopenscholar.com/uvaequityinstitute/youth-educational-pipeline The Equity Center will create a collective impact infrastructure to strengthen, coordinate, and grow educational pipeline programs for African-American, Latinx, low-wealth and…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19) -- A major new partnership was announced on Wednesday involving the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia, with the goal of making local communities safer through the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.

The City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the University of Virginia today announced a new regional partnership focused on working together to make local communities safer by working with Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).

Congratulations to Aanya Sonkusare, a Henley Middle School student, for winning the UVA Equity Center's Voices of Democracy Writing Contest! Her hard work and dedication truly stood out, and we are all very proud of her achievement. Well done, Aanya!

Piedmont Virginia Community College teamed up with University of Virginia Equity Center to create the Orange Dot 6.0 Report. It highlights economic indicators that directly impact families across the Charlottesville region. “There are so many families struggling in our…