Many Thanks for our Public Schools
“The best thing for being sad is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your...
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Vanessa Hall
- Nov 15
- 8 min
School Board Matters: Blue Skies and Smiles Shining So Bright
November 9, 2023 School Board meetings have become ground zero for the culture wars, so 4 Public Education is introducing a new blog...
Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall
- Oct 30
- 4 min
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...
Vanessa Hall
- Oct 20
- 5 min
School Board Matters: FCPS Outcompetes on SATs
School Board meetings have become ground zero for the culture wars, so 4 Public Education is introducing a new blog called “School Board...
Marianne Burke, PhD
- Oct 12
- 2 min
School Board to Vote on Renaming Woodson Tonight!
On October 10, 2023, 4 Public Education co-founder Vanessa Hall spoke at a hearing in support of the proposal to rename W. T. Woodson...
Marianne Burke, PhD
- Oct 5
- 2 min
Raise your Hand for Healthy School Environments Symposium
We need to allow people to talk and we need to be open-minded. Our differences don’t need to divide us–they can bring us together. - Dr....
Vanessa Hall
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Safety and Inclusion Are Key to Success
Respect Student Voices My heart broke listening to adults demonizing and dehumanizing students at the last school board meeting demonize...
Marianne Burke, PhD
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Don't Be Fooled into Thinking that FCPS is Failing
All these school board seats are up for election this November, and you can tell things are heating up because false claims are...
4PE Team
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Speaking out Against Hate at the VA BOE
Although it was nowhere on the Virginia Board of Education agenda, nearly all public input today, July 27, 2023, was about Youngkin's...
Jenna White
- May 18
- 1 min
Schools out, but no summer break for 4 Public Education!
4 Public Education (4PE) announces the launch of their first major fundraising campaign, Summer Sendoff Campaign. While the end of this...
Vanessa Hall
- May 3
- 2 min
Put Mental Health First
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...
Cheryl Binkley
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Youngkin's Lab Schools: So Many Problems, Where to Even Start?
The following is a transcript of remarks made by 4 PE's Cheryl Binkley made to the Virginia Board of Education at their meeting on April...
Cheryl Binkley
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
2022 a Year 4 Public Education
As we close out 2002 we also reach the milestone of our 1st anniversary! 4 Public Education was launched this time last year, after a...
Vanessa Hall
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
Are you Ready? We are Ready!
Recap with photos of the Raise Your Hand 4 Education Leadership Symposium for Virginia.
4PE Team
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Virginia Community Leaders Team Up to Defend and Bring Truth and Civility Back to Public Education
For Immediate Release February 10, 2022 media@4PublicEducation.org FAIRFAX, Virginia—Holly Hazard, Chair of 4 Public Education, a...
Holly Hazard
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min
Raise Your Hand
Today we launch an initiative with purpose and care: we champion the American ideal of public schools as the cornerstone of a healthy...
4PE Team
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
What do Fairfax County Parents Want?
If you Google “Fairfax County School Board Meeting’ and select “Images”, you will find the FCPS School Board seal along with professional...
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