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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


Gaslighting the Public: Misinterpreting Student Performance and NAEP Scores (3 of 3)
Although Governor Youngkin was lambasted 18 months ago for his inaccurate conclusions about the current state of Virginia Public...

Marianne Burke, PhD
Oct 11, 20233 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


Unstoppable Stories: Banned Books Week (October 1-7)
As you may know, book bans have been on the rise with requests to ban books at record high in 2022. Like you, 4 Public Education is...

Vanessa Hall
Sep 30, 20234 min read


Gaslighting the Public: Manufactured Crisis over SOL Scores (2 of 3)
For two years in a row, Governor Youngkin has blamed slow growth and recovery of SOL test scores on his predecessors and pandemic school...

Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall
Sep 19, 20235 min read


Gaslighting the Public: Manufactured SAT Crisis (1 of 3)
Governor Youngkin continues to gaslight the public by manufacturing problems that he continues to blame on public schools in Virginia....

Marianne Burke, PhD
Aug 30, 20233 min read


FCPS Rallies in Support of Transgender Students
On August 15, 2023, FCPS Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid made an official statement after community members expressed concern about...

Vanessa Hall
Aug 25, 20232 min read


Where's Youngkin?
Virginia’s Governor has declared war on public education with a sleight of hand. While touting himself as the “education” governor, he’s...

Holly Hazard
Aug 10, 20233 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


Reject Youngkin's "Don't Be Trans" School Policies
Last week, Glenn Youngkin’s Department of Education released their so-called “ Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect...

Vanessa Hall
Jul 27, 20233 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 18, 20232 min read


Our Schools are not Your Battleground: CNN Town Hall Review
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...

Vanessa Hall
Mar 16, 20232 min read


Speak Out Against Revisionist History in Virginia
UPDATE: Please provide written input on the Virginia History SOLs before the March 21st deadline. March 13th-March 21st, the Virginia Board of Education will host public hearings on the new proposed version of Virginia History Standards of Learning (SOLs) at six locations in Virginia . This is the opportunity for your voice to echo through history about the quality of instruction our children receive in the decades to come. Despite almost universal condemnation from parent

Holly Hazard
Mar 8, 20232 min read


Speak Out Against Proposed VDOE History & Social Studies Standards
The new, proposed, history and social studies Standards of Learning (SOL) are moving forward despite almost universal condemnation from...

Holly Hazard
Feb 8, 20232 min read


Jillian Balow has to go
The below was published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on February 4th, 2023 . When Jillian Balow arrived in January 2022 as state superintendent of instruction, there were three major issues facing Virginia schools: the pandemic recovery, teacher shortages and revisions to the history and social sciences standards. Pandemic recovery is being addressed by local districts with federal funds and grants. The teacher shortage has been worsened by Balow’s implementation of Executi

Cheryl Binkley
Feb 4, 20232 min read


Call to Action- History & Social Studies SOLs
Virginia Organizations and Community Leaders call for the Virginia Board of Education to Pass the August 2022 version of the proposed...

Marianne Burke, PhD
Nov 28, 20221 min read


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

Holly Hazard
Nov 21, 20223 min read


Undermining Public Education: Efforts to Defund and Dismantle Your Public School (Part 2)
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

Vanessa Hall
Oct 26, 20224 min read


Joint Statement on the FCPS Teach Truth Resolution
October 26, 2022 4 Public Education, Fairfax Federation of Teachers, Fairfax Education Association, Stand and Deliver and FCPS Pride...

4PE Team
Oct 25, 20222 min read
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