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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 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
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...
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
Undermining Public Education: Fake Grassroots, Real Dark Money (Part 1)
Governor Glenn Youngkin and his allies used attacks on public education to win the governorship in 2021. National and local dark money...
Vanessa Hall
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Attacks on Virginia's Public Schools: Honest Conversations (Part 2)
Part 1 of this 2-part series, introduced Governor Youngkin’s attack on public education during and after his campaign. This second part...
Marianne Burke and Atif Qarni
Oct 13, 20224 min read
Political Attacks on Virginia's Public Schools (Part 1)
As he did before the 2021 election, Governor Glenn Youngkin continues to inaccurately and unfairly disparage public schools in Virginia....
Marianne Burke, PhD
Oct 5, 20223 min read
Latest Youngkin Action to Undermine Public Education and Put Children At Risk
4 Public Education strongly condemns the recent policy directive of Governor Youngkin’s Department of Education to reverse guidelines.
Holly Hazard
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Should Parents, Universities, and Virginia Get on Board with Gov. Youngkin’s Charter/Lab Schools?
On Friday, June 17 Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin fulfilled his campaign promise of 20 new charter schools in the form of university...
Cheryl Binkley
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Funding Religious Education in Schools
Network for Public Education's Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision in Carson v. Makin The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in...
Network for Public Education
Jun 19, 20222 min read
Responding to a Right-wing Hatchet Job
On May 19, Governor Glenn Youngkin, Secretary Aimee Guidera, and Superintendent Jillian Balow held a press conference to release their...
Cheryl Binkley
May 22, 20222 min read
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