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Groundhog Day comes in April as Negotiations Fail and Budget Deadline Looms
The Virginia General Assembly reconvened in Richmond as originally planned on April 17, 2024 but adjourned early, after only one day....
Marianne Burke, PhD
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Fairfax County Public Schools 2025 Budget
It is that time of year again: Fairfax County Budget approval, and like clockwork complaints are raised about how much our county is...
Rick Clayton
Apr 20, 20243 min read
Governor Guts K-12 Bipartisan Budget and Gaslights Virginians About the Impact
Governor Youngkin continues to feed Virginians misinformation after he gutted the K-12 Education component of the Bipartisan General...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Virginia, Ask Your Representatives to Vote YES for Education Funding
The Budget Conference amended version of the proposed state budget, Budget Bill HB 30, was adopted by the General Assembly on March 9th...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 21, 20241 min read
Governor, Show Your Commitment to Education by Funding our Schools
End of Session Update: Budget Amendments The 2024 General Assembly session ended on March 9th with 12 of the 4 Public Education priority...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 14, 20243 min read
Is the Governor Gaslighting Virginia about K-12 Education funding?
As the 2024 General Assembly draws to a close, the drama over the budget continues to ramp up. Much of the discussion about the budget...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 7, 20244 min read
Progress on Key School Funding Issues in Virginia House and Senate Budgets
Improving support for K-12 public education to help students thrive is a widely shared goal. Students across Virginia deserve funding...
Briana Jones
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Will Virginia Fund or Underfund Our Schools?
Budget Amendments are a Critical Part of the Legislative Process Things are certainly heating up in the General Assembly! Not only are...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Black History, Our History
Black history is American history. Our schools should integrate Black, Asian, Hispanic, and queer history throughout our history books...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 15, 20243 min read
Halftime at the Virginia Statehouse: Priority Education Bill Update
February 13th, Crossover Day, is the “halftime” of the General Assembly. This is the deadline for bills to be passed in each chamber so...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 14, 20242 min read
Crossover Looming at the Statehouse
The pace has picked up in Virginia’s General Assembly as we approach some key deadlines. ‘Crossover’ is February 13, the deadline by...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 7, 20243 min read
Virginia Colleges: Don't Close the Door on Dyslexics
A Call to Advocacy for SB21 and HB509 I am a parent of a dyslexic student. When it became clear in first grade that our daughter could...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 1, 20243 min read
Priority Education Bills are Advancing at the Statehouse
February 3rd will end the third week of the 2024 Session of Virginia’s General Assembly. At the time of this writing, one priority...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 1, 20243 min read
What a Difference the Election Made!
Last year, public education advocates were unsuccessful at getting the 2023 priority education bills passed in the General Assembly. ...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Uniting Virginia through Literacy
Choosing a Reading Curriculum that Works In 2022 the Virginia legislature passed The Virginia Literacy Act, often referred to as VLA. It...
Cheryl Binkley
Jan 11, 20243 min read
Governor Youngkin's Budget Disappoints the Commonwealth
The Board of 4 Public Education is disappointed with the proposed budget released by Governor Youngkin on December 20, 2023. It seems...
4PE Team
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Tuesday’s Elections Send Message: Parents Want Robust Libraries, Inclusiveness, Truthful History
Pundits cast Virginia’s Tuesday general elections as a referendum on abortion rights. It was more than that. Further down the ballot...
Holly Hazard
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Op-ed: Northern Virginia in the Crosshairs
Even before he was elected, Virginia Gov. [Glenn] Youngkin focused his attention on harmful, fabricated fibs about public education. He...
Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall
Oct 30, 20234 min read
Education Apocalypse
Imagine a world where the Moms for Liberty and like-minded individuals were elected to the school board, state legislature, and...
Vanessa Hall
Oct 27, 20237 min read
Voters Agree that Public Education is on the Ballot
A recent poll by the Washington Post and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government revealed factors that may...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Oct 27, 20232 min read
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U.S. Department of Education demonstrates a lack of education on basic U.S. History and their own anti-DEI directives lose in the courts.
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