The 2023 General Assembly adjourned on Saturday, February 25th. During this session, things played out as predicted for a divided...

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...

I'm an Arlington parent who wrote this email in the midst of several student tragedies engulfing Arlington Public Schools a few weeks...

After the General Assembly adjourns on February 25, 2023, all bills that pass both chambers will go to the Governor for his signature or...

The 2023 Virginia General Assembly is coming to an end, yet Richmond continues to foment the culture wars by trying to remove history...

At this the first full week after Crossover, only five of our original 29 priority bills remain active. We oppose three of those bills...

They work to include all students, no matter the income, race, country of origin, ability, or gender. Our schools work to support each...

The new, proposed, history and social studies Standards of Learning (SOL) are moving forward despite almost universal condemnation from...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 is the Crossover deadline in Richmond for the 2023 General Assembly. Advocacy by the public has been successful.

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

Things continue to be hectic in the General Assembly with the House and Senate both trying to finish hearing bills before crossover (to...

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...

If it is the end of January in Richmond, Virginia, then the General Assembly is in session. The General Assembly consists of state...

In Virginia, we have a limited, but frenzied, time in which to influence legislation at the Statehouse. This year the legislature runs...

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...

I’m dismayed by recent news about FCPS…that delayed paper certificates are taking priority over critical needs of all of our students and...

As printed in the Washington Post Opinion Section on Sunday, January 8th, 2023. Regarding the Jan. 5 Metro article “Va. AG will start...

Please share your resolution or public education goals for the year. 4publiceducation.org would love to hear from you.

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...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) constructs satellite Gross Domestic Product accounts which look at the contributions of certain...