Education-News1RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The Virginia Board of Education will conduct public hearings on revisions to the history and social science Standards of Learning at five historic sites across the state.The standards were last revised in 2008. They prescribe the knowledge and skills students are expected to master in the subject area by the end of each grade or course. Four of the hearings are set for next week, starting Tuesday at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. That will be followed the next day by a hearing at the Edith Bolling Wilson Hotel in Wytheville. Two hearings are set for Thursday, at George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Colonial Williamsburg. The series wraps up Jan. 6 at Virginia Union University in Richmond. All hearings begin at 7 p.m. Speakers can register starting at 6:30.