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4PE Celebrates Pride Month
Join 4PE celebrates Pride Month to support equality and visibility. We hope to see you at some of these events!

Vanessa Hall
Jun 52 min read


Demanding the Impossible
Explore why the federal government is demanding impossible when they try to eliminate DEI in public education. This is the 21st century, and the reality is our schools are diverse because our student are unique individuals.

Cheryl Binkley
Apr 187 min read


Federal Scene on Education is at a Turning Point
The nation is at a turning point in public education history with the dismantling of U.S. Department of Education.

Cheryl Binkley
Apr 85 min read


Just say NO to Private School Vouchers
Learn the true cost of private school vouchers on students, families, and their communities. Just say NO to vouchers.

Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 216 min read


Eliminating the US Department of Education will do more Damage than You Realize
More than ever we must recognize and protect the U.S Department of Education. Don't let them dismantle our students' future.

Marianne Burke, PhD
Feb 134 min read


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


Youngkin’s Privatization Team Makes Its Move on Virginia’s Public Schools
On Wednesday August 28, the Virginia Board of Education will hold a Special Session to consider the Statewide Comprehensive Support Plan...

Cheryl Binkley
Aug 26, 20243 min read


College Decisions Delayed. Thanks, FAFSA!
Today is May 1st. In an alternate reality where the U.S. Department of Education hadn’t completely botched the FAFSA form update,...

Vanessa Hall
May 1, 20243 min read


Youngkin’s Charter-Lab Schools Push in 2024
The Problem Two hundred thirty-three amendments : there are so many problems with the Governor’s amendments to the bipartisan budget that...

Cheryl Binkley
Apr 16, 20245 min read


Gaslighting the Public: Misinterpreting Student Performance and NAEP Scores (3 of 3)
Although Governor Youngkin was lambasted 18 months ago for his inaccurate conclusions about the current state of Virginia Public...

Marianne Burke, PhD
Oct 11, 20233 min read


Gaslighting the Public: Manufactured Crisis over SOL Scores (2 of 3)
For two years in a row, Governor Youngkin has blamed slow growth and recovery of SOL test scores on his predecessors and pandemic school...

Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall
Sep 19, 20235 min read
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Ringing the School Bell of Freedom and Opportunity
4 of the earliest school houses in Colonial America, (clockwise from top left) The Bray school of Williamsburg taught enslaved and free...


Activism is American
Our country was founded on revolution and activism, yet for some reason the far right wants to suppress the teaching of history and...


The 4th of July: My Country 'Tis of WE
The Fourth of July commemorates the day a group of ordinary people turned radicals risked everything to break from tyranny and chart a...
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