One in six kids aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year, and half of all mental health conditions begin by age 14 with up to one-half of those untreated. Unfortunately, suicide is second only to gun violence as the leading cause of death for young people (aged 10-34), so thank you, Fairfax County School Board members, for using ESSR III funds for counselors, psychologists, social workers, and family liaisons to support students’ social emotional needs. Your

Finally! On April 20, 2023 the revised Virginia History and Social Studies Standards of Learning (History SOL) was approved by the...

Last week, Republicans passed a “Parent’s Bill of Rights” in the House, which is likely to fail in the Senate. Democrats and some...

By the time you read this blog, public input will be closed for the Virginia History and Social Studies Standards of Learning (History...

CNN did no one any favors by framing the Youngkin Town Hall as “The War Over Education with Glenn Youngkin,” yet to many watching, it...

Redacte este correo electrónico en medio de varias tragedias estudiantiles que afectaron a las Escuelas Públicas de Arlington hace unas...

Like many in my upper middle-class community, I felt that my family was immune from drug addiction, but when my daughter was a senior in...

I'm an Arlington parent who wrote this email in the midst of several student tragedies engulfing Arlington Public Schools a few weeks...

The 2023 Virginia General Assembly is coming to an end, yet Richmond continues to foment the culture wars by trying to remove history...

They work to include all students, no matter the income, race, country of origin, ability, or gender. Our schools work to support each...

The new, proposed, history and social studies Standards of Learning (SOL) are moving forward despite almost universal condemnation from...

I’m dismayed by recent news about FCPS…that delayed paper certificates are taking priority over critical needs of all of our students and...

As printed in the Washington Post Opinion Section on Sunday, January 8th, 2023. Regarding the Jan. 5 Metro article “Va. AG will start...

Please share your resolution or public education goals for the year. 4publiceducation.org would love to hear from you.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) constructs satellite Gross Domestic Product accounts which look at the contributions of certain...

Virginia Organizations and Community Leaders call for the Virginia Board of Education to Pass the August 2022 version of the proposed...

Before we begin, please take the following multiple choice exam: On November 17th, when the Virginia Superintendent of Schools presented...

Earlier this month, representatives for 4 Public Education met with Dr. Michelle Reid, the new superintendent for Fairfax County Public...

Dark money's influence on public education is not new. For decades, groups funded by billionaires have worked to push policies and proposals that pull teachers, funding, and other resources from public schools, including efforts to promote school privatization, charter schools, vouchers, and other so-called “education reform” schemes intended to defund and dismantle public education. In 2022, dark money groups are continuing these efforts to undermine and defund public edu

October 26, 2022 4 Public Education, Fairfax Federation of Teachers, Fairfax Education Association, Stand and Deliver and FCPS Pride...