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Fast Facts About Theatre Programs
Courtesy of Cappies NCA Why Schools Should have a full-time dedicated Theatre Arts teacher in every K-12 school Spring Productions are...
Cheryl Binkley
Mar 21, 20242 min read
Virginia, Ask Your Representatives to Vote YES for Education Funding
The Budget Conference amended version of the proposed state budget, Budget Bill HB 30, was adopted by the General Assembly on March 9th...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 21, 20241 min read
Governor, Show Your Commitment to Education by Funding our Schools
End of Session Update: Budget Amendments The 2024 General Assembly session ended on March 9th with 12 of the 4 Public Education priority...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 14, 20243 min read
Fostering a Welcoming, Inclusive Education Environment in School
Fairfax County School Board Matters: March 7, 2024 First, I want to address the elephant in the room: I was unable to attend in-person...
Vanessa Hall
Mar 14, 20246 min read
Is the Governor Gaslighting Virginia about K-12 Education funding?
As the 2024 General Assembly draws to a close, the drama over the budget continues to ramp up. Much of the discussion about the budget...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 7, 20244 min read
A Big Win for Students at the Supreme Court
TJ and FCPS Win in Court after Three Years of Litigation Fairfax County and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) are celebrating a...
Vanessa Hall
Mar 7, 20243 min read
Progress on Key School Funding Issues in Virginia House and Senate Budgets
Improving support for K-12 public education to help students thrive is a widely shared goal. Students across Virginia deserve funding...
Briana Jones
Feb 29, 20242 min read
The Power of Public Schools
This week is Public Schools Week, so it’s a great time to share some of the things that make public schools important and wonderful....
Cheryl Binkley
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Update: Active Priority Education Bills in the General Assembly
This is an update from the report on priority education bills that was published on February 14, 2024 and is current as of Wednesday,...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Trans-Exclusionary Policies are Bullying Kids to Death
The following is a letter posted by 4 Public Education Board Member Robert Rigby to Loudoun County Public Schools in response to their...
Robert Rigby
Feb 21, 20244 min read
A Closer Look: Our Public School Budget for FY 2025
The 2025 FCPS budget is worth reading. This 211 page document is extraordinary for its length, surely, but really for its fully...
Rick Clayton
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Will Virginia Fund or Underfund Our Schools?
Budget Amendments are a Critical Part of the Legislative Process Things are certainly heating up in the General Assembly! Not only are...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Innovation to Fix Delays in School Renovation
School Board Matters, February 8, 2024 meeting School Board meetings are ground zero for the culture wars. Our “School Board Matters”...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 15, 20246 min read
Black History, Our History
Black history is American history. Our schools should integrate Black, Asian, Hispanic, and queer history throughout our history books...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 15, 20243 min read
Halftime at the Virginia Statehouse: Priority Education Bill Update
February 13th, Crossover Day, is the “halftime” of the General Assembly. This is the deadline for bills to be passed in each chamber so...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 14, 20242 min read
Make a Problem, Sell a Solution.
School Choice Week 2024 January 21-27 this year was the 14th year of National School Choice Week. Twenty-eight Governors across the...
Cheryl Binkley
Feb 8, 20243 min read
FUSE: Grassroots Advocacy that Works!
Join Fuse4Fauquier this February 13th, 2024 at 6:00pm to hear from Katie Lang and Darcy Kreutz, founding members of FUSE, on how...
Charlotte Walther
Feb 8, 20242 min read
Crossover Looming at the Statehouse
The pace has picked up in Virginia’s General Assembly as we approach some key deadlines. ‘Crossover’ is February 13, the deadline by...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 7, 20243 min read
Virginia Colleges: Don't Close the Door on Dyslexics
A Call to Advocacy for SB21 and HB509 I am a parent of a dyslexic student. When it became clear in first grade that our daughter could...
Vanessa Hall
Feb 1, 20243 min read
Priority Education Bills are Advancing at the Statehouse
February 3rd will end the third week of the 2024 Session of Virginia’s General Assembly. At the time of this writing, one priority...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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FCPS Blows Apart the "Abortion Scandal" Manufactured for the 2025 Election Cycle
Republican operatives published about a supposed abortion scandal at a local high school as an “October Surprise.” A legal investigation finds major discrepancies between their stories and the truth.
With Amicus Briefs like These, Who Serves Virginians?
AG Miyares intervenes on behalf of a significant number of America First Legal cases. It begs the question: is Miyares working for Virginians or Project 2025?
Why is Winsome Earle-Sears Disparaging Virginia Students?
Uncover the truth about Lt. Governor Earle-Sears' misleading claims about student achievement. Do her misleading statistics help her politically? You decide whether our students should be used as political pawns.
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