Voting for the School Board 101
You may know that early voting began on Friday, September 22, 2023. To help you navigate school board election season in Virginia, 4...
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Vanessa Hall
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
Get Involved in Renaming Woodson High School
After more than 60 years of being named for an active promoter of Massive Resistance to desegregation and FCPS's second longest FCPS...
4PE Team
- Aug 30
- 1 min
Join the Healthy School Environments Symposium on September 30th
Censorship, book banning, gun violence, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, mental health challenges, charter schools, vouchers, tax credits and dark...
Holly Hazard
- Aug 10
- 3 min
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...
Vanessa Hall
- Jul 27
- 3 min
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
- May 24
- 1 min
When will we Address Gun Violence?
On the anniversary of the Uvalde mass shooting that took the lives of nineteen Robb elementary students and two teachers, we find...
Vanessa Hall
- Mar 31
- 5 min
Exercise your Rights, Parents!
Last week, Republicans passed a “Parent’s Bill of Rights” in the House, which is likely to fail in the Senate. Democrats and some...
Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Education or Indoctrination? Review of the Virginia History Standards Hearings
By the time you read this blog, public input will be closed for the Virginia History and Social Studies Standards of Learning (History...
Marianne Burke, PhD
- Feb 22
- 2 min
At the Statehouse, Week 6
After the General Assembly adjourns on February 25, 2023, all bills that pass both chambers will go to the Governor for his signature or...
Vanessa Hall
- Feb 21
- 2 min
These Problems Can't Solve Themselves
The 2023 Virginia General Assembly is coming to an end, yet Richmond continues to foment the culture wars by trying to remove history...
Melissa Alfano
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Three Strikes and You’re Out (of the School System)
UPDATE: The bill will move to the Senate over the Feb 4th weekend. Please call your Virgnia senator's office now to ask them to "Just say...
Marianne Burke, PhD
- Jan 24
- 2 min
At the Statehouse: Priority Education Bills, Week 2
If it is the end of January in Richmond, Virginia, then the General Assembly is in session. The General Assembly consists of state...
Holly Hazard
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Your Finger is Your Superpower!
In Virginia, we have a limited, but frenzied, time in which to influence legislation at the Statehouse. This year the legislature runs...
Vanessa Hall
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Resolutions for a Great Year in Education
Please share your resolution or public education goals for the year.
4publiceducation.org would love to hear from you.
Marianne Burke, PhD
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
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...
Vanessa Hall
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Not your Mother’s Sex Ed
Do you remember learning about sex ed in school when you were a teen? I do. Not only do I remember the cheesy heavy-handed after-school...
4PE Team
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Vote for Democracy on Election Day
4PublicEducation.org champions public schools as the cornerstone of a healthy democracy and the right for every child to an exceptional...
Marianne Burke and Atif Qarni
- Oct 13, 2022
- 4 min
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, PhD
- Oct 5, 2022
- 3 min
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....
Vanessa Hall
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
Stand Up for Pride
We are in the middle of a civil rights battle, fighting for the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in our living room...
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