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Take Action: Make your Voice Heard by Virginia DOE by September 25th
Disruption is NOT Accountability The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) created disruptive accountability measures that will harm...
Vanessa Hall
Sep 13, 20243 min read
Trans-Exclusionary Policies are Bullying Kids to Death
The following is a letter posted by 4 Public Education Board Member Robert Rigby to Loudoun County Public Schools in response to their...
Robert Rigby
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Frustrating Financial Aid: A Family Guide to the New FAFSA
Like many parents of high school seniors, my family has been knee deep in college applications since October. My son managed to meet all...
Vanessa Hall
Jan 10, 20245 min read
New Year, New Leadership at 4PE
2023 was a busy year for 4 Public Education. In addition to our presence at school board meetings, key education events, and a robust...
Cheryl Binkley and Vanessa Hall
Jan 5, 20244 min read
Anniversary of an Expensive Manufactured Crisis
If you care about public education, then you have noticed that school districts across the country have been under fire for the last...
Vanessa Hall
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Happiest of Holidays
Although most of us think of Christmas when we talk about the December holidays, there are eleven cultural and religious holidays...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Dec 20, 20232 min read
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...
Cheryl Binkley
Nov 21, 20232 min read
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...
Vanessa Hall
Nov 15, 20238 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
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...
Vanessa Hall
Oct 20, 20235 min read
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 12, 20232 min read
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....
Marianne Burke, PhD
Oct 5, 20232 min read
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...
Vanessa Hall
Sep 14, 20232 min read
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...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Sep 14, 20232 min read
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...
4PE Team
Jul 27, 20231 min read
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...
Jenna White
May 18, 20231 min read
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...
Vanessa Hall
May 3, 20232 min read
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
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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...
Cheryl Binkley
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Are you Ready? We are Ready!
Recap with photos of the Raise Your Hand 4 Education Leadership Symposium for Virginia.
Vanessa Hall
Sep 27, 20222 min read
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