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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...
Vanessa Hall
Mar 31, 20235 min read
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) and Vanessa Hall
Mar 22, 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
Los SRO no son la Solución para Tener Escuelas Seguras
Redacte este correo electrónico en medio de varias tragedias estudiantiles que afectaron a las Escuelas Públicas de Arlington hace unas...
Anjy Cramer
Mar 8, 20233 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...
Holly Hazard
Mar 8, 20232 min read
At the Statehouse: Week 7 (Finally!)
The 2023 General Assembly adjourned on Saturday, February 25th. During this session, things played out as predicted for a divided...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 1, 20232 min read
No Family is Immune from Opioids
Like many in my upper middle-class community, I felt that my family was immune from drug addiction, but when my daughter was a senior in...
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Mar 1, 20234 min read
Look Beyond SROs for Safe Schools
I'm an Arlington parent who wrote this email in the midst of several student tragedies engulfing Arlington Public Schools a few weeks...
Anjy Cramer
Feb 27, 20233 min read
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...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 21, 20232 min read
At the Statehouse: Bills Still Active, Week 5
At this the first full week after Crossover, only five of our original 29 priority bills remain active. We oppose three of those bills...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 15, 20231 min read
4 Reasons We Love our Schools
They work to include all students, no matter the income, race, country of origin, ability, or gender. Our schools work to support each...
4PE Team
Feb 14, 20231 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
At the Statehouse: Education Bill Crossover, Week 4
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 is the Crossover deadline in Richmond for the 2023 General Assembly. Advocacy by the public has been successful.
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 7, 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...
Cheryl Binkley
Feb 4, 20232 min read
At the Statehouse: Priority Education Bills, Week 3
Things continue to be hectic in the General Assembly with the House and Senate both trying to finish hearing bills before crossover (to...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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...
Melissa Alfano
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Jan 24, 20232 min read
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...
Holly Hazard
Jan 21, 20231 min read
At the Statehouse: Priority Education Bills, Week 1
We are fortunate in Virginia to now have a surplus in our budget. We are pleased to have legislators who advocate to apply that surplus...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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