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Wrestling the Dept of Education from Incompetence
Thursday Feb. 13, 2025 at 10 am Linda McMahon will testify at her Senate confirmation hearing When I googled Linda McMahon for her...
Cheryl Binkley
Feb 123 min read
Real and Presidential Danger to Public Education
Executive Orders Harming Public Education If you’ve been hiding under a rock (or your bed), you may have missed the news of the myriad of...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 65 min read
How Fairfax County Public Schools are responding to Anti-Refugee Policies
Discover how Fairfax County Public Schools are safeguarding students amid chaotic, national anti-refugee policies.
Cheryl Binkley
Feb 32 min read
Support LGBTQIA Students and Their Peers by Protecting Sex Education
Join the FLE Committee on February 12th from 7-9pm at Gatehouse It is a year with a number in it, so you can be sure that Fairfax Public...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 32 min read
Keep Funding and Freedom To Learn in Our Public Schools. Act Now.
Contact Congress about Two Anti-Public School Executive Orders Two recent federal Executive Orders (EOs) on public education have been...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 34 min read
Attacks on Equity Offices are Attacks on the Students they Serve
Our Students, Staff, and Families need the Equity Office If you’ve been reading the news in the last two weeks, it is pretty clear that...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 26 min read
DEI is Civil Rights
DEmyst-I-fied from a K-12 Perspective Author's Forward: (January 31, 2025): Earlier this week, 4PE approached me about republishing my...
Anjy Cramer
Feb 17 min read
At the Virginia Statehouse: Priority Education Bills are In Play
This is the second full week of the 2025 General Assembly and all 4 Public Education’s priority education bills are still in play, either...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Jan 284 min read
Trump's Dept of Edu-Propaganda
When I first heard that President Trump was going to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (USDoE), I was horrified, but now, I may be...
Vanessa Hall
Jan 282 min read
Four Reasons the Governor’s Accountability Framework Should NEVER Be Implemented
The question of what makes a good school has never been more complicated, and questions like “What are we educating students for?” have...
Cheryl Binkley
Jan 288 min read
What You Need to Know about Family Life Education Curriculum
Sex Education in Virginia's K-12 Public Schools The Family Life Education (FLE) curriculum in Virginia is an abstinence-based curriculum...
Vanessa Hall
Jan 262 min read
Don't Get Distracted, Do the Work!
My daughter was physically ill on Tuesday after she witnessed Nazi salutes on the inaugural stage, and executive orders signed to create...
Vanessa Hall
Jan 242 min read
Thane Glenn’s Fantasy Stories of Educational Horror
Part II of Governor Youngkin’s Magical Thinking series Once upon a time, in a land we all love, there was a Governor (or Thane if you are...
Cheryl Binkley
Jan 233 min read
At the Virginia Statehouse: Quick Updates on a Quick Session
Because this is an odd year, as opposed to an even year, the Virginia General Assembly session will be short, lasting only 30 days. For...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Jan 171 min read
Indivisible Founder Inspires at Community Event
Community members gathered in person and online to hear from Indivisible Co Founder and Executive Director Ezra Levin, on Friday, January...
Jenna White
Jan 151 min read
It’s About Time: Middle Schoolers Need Later Start Times Now
FCPS Middle School healthy start times envisioned for 25-26 is at risk of being derailed by the boundary work unless advocacy is taken now.
Phyllis Payne
Jan 146 min read
Why is Family Life Education Under Attack?
Yes, as are LGBTQIA Students and Fairfax Volunteers! Content Warning: The blog below includes some hateful terms, phrases, and imagery....
Vanessa Hall
Jan 1313 min read
What You Need to Know About the: Capital Improvement Program
Although not the sexiest sounding program, the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is one of the most critical analyses in Fairfax County...
Vanessa Hall
Jan 103 min read
Las amenazas de deportación afectan la educación de los estudiantes desde preescolar hasta el 12.º grado
La cuestión Como si los estudiantes de primaria y secundaria no tuvieran suficientes preocupaciones, ahora algunos enfrentan la amenaza...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Dec 17, 20246 min read
Is Cruelty the Point? Deportation Threatens Our Public School Communities.
As if K-12 students didn’t have enough to worry about, now, some face the threat of forced deportation.
Marianne Burke, PhD
Dec 17, 20245 min read
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Back to School 2025-26
Students arrive for first day of school at Bailey's Upper Elementary For the caretakers of public education, Summer 2025 has been a...
US Dept of Education Threatens Northern Virginia School Districts
An extremist US Dept of Education has threatened Northern Virginia school districts in order to violate the civil rights of students.
Congress Just Made it Harder to Fund Public Schools
By passing Reconciliation Bill (H.R.1), Congress made the fight to fund public education even harder by starting a national school voucher program that would divert funds from public education into private coffers.
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