Four of the earliest school houses in Colonial America, (clockwise from top left) The Bray school of Williamsburg taught enslaved and free black children, The St. Augustine Oldest Wooden School House, the Boston Latin School, and the Staten Island Voorlezer's House. All these schools were in operation decades, some even more than a century before 1776, and some were operated with local tax dollars. When John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson were writing the Decl

Our country was founded on revolution and activism, yet for some reason the far right wants to suppress the teaching of history and...

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Join 4PE celebrates Pride Month to support equality and visibility. We hope to see you at some of these events!

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.

Make sure you take time to check out the Fairfax County school boundary scenarios out for public review. Learn about the process and what is still to come.

FCPS was forced to make tough choices because neither the Governor nor the Fairfax Board of Supervisors considered our schools important enough to bridge the $121 million FCPS budget shortfall.

They hid voucher funding in the Educational Choice for Children Act. Contact Your Legislators and Say "NO" to the Voucher Bill because you love your public school!

Teacher Appreciation Week 2025. Can it compensate for the unreal reality of Teachers in 2025? Show REAL appreciation for teachers beyond small tokens.

Explore the U.S. Dept of Education's controversial (and failed) anti-DEI certification demand. Why are they playing chicken with school funding and our students' education?

The first 100 days of this administration has been a chaotic carnival of harm, overreach, and irresponsible actions. Will our public schools recover?

Explore why the federal government is demanding impossible when they try to eliminate DEI in public education. This is the 21st century, and the reality is our schools are diverse because our student are unique individuals.

Sign up to speak about the Fairfax County budget. Learn the key issues and join public hearings to impact Fairfax County budget decisions today!

Is Project 2025 using stochastic terrorism to inflame the community and put targets on the backs of our students and schools? Learn how Project 2025 attacks on West Springfield High School students silenced their voices and threatened their safety.

The nation is at a turning point in public education history with the dismantling of U.S. Department of Education.

Discover how Youngkin's stumbles on his keystone history standard initiatives, which face delays and mistakes.

Join Fairfax County and City in their celebrations of the Trans Day of Visibility!

Learn the true cost of private school vouchers on students, families, and their communities. Just say NO to vouchers.

Volunteering for a committee shouldn't make you a target for far right radicals. Yet, the Fairfax Times took aim at me.

Project 2025 tries to cancel West Springfield High School, students, and Women's History Month in a coordinated attack.