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Help Teens Manage Their Fears
Discover ten things adults can do to support Virginia teens in this uncertain world. Learn practical steps to help teens manage their fears effectively.

Holly Hazard
Feb 42 min read


Scrambling Public Education: What Will Happen in the Next 100 Days?
The first 100 days of this administration has been a chaotic carnival of harm, overreach, and irresponsible actions. Will our public schools recover?

Vanessa Hall
Apr 30, 20253 min read


Executive Orders: A 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 Executive Orders (EOs) coming out of the White House in President Trump’s first couple of weeks in office. Trump has signed more EOs in his first 10 days than any President in their first 100 days. These EOs are Project 2025 incarnate, each worse than the one before it: pardoning violent criminals, removing critical environmental protectio

Vanessa Hall
Feb 6, 20255 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 3, 20252 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 de la deportación forzada de ellos mismos, de sus padres y/o de sus amigos. La promesa del presidente electo de deportar a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados ha inquietado a los estudiantes inmigrantes, a sus padres y a sus comunidades. Su amenaza de poner fin a la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento añade una capa adicional de crueldad

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


Post Election Message
Election Day 2024 has come and gone. Like most pro-public schools people, we here at 4 Public Education are stunned and concerned about...

Cheryl Binkley
Nov 11, 20241 min read


When Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Seeps into Public School Discussions
Combatting Disinformation is Harder than Sharing It There is so much disinformation floating around these days that it is hard to do much...

Vanessa Hall
Oct 17, 202412 min read
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Safety is Non-Partisan: Bring Back the High School Crossing Guards
The safety of our students is non-partisan. Demand funding for our high school crossing guards to keep students safe from distracted drivers.


Isn't it Past Time to Abandon Standardized Testing?
Discover why it's time to abandon standardized testing. Explore the impact on students and educators, and why now is the time to move on from standardized testing.


Judge Dismisses Anti-Trans Lawsuit Citing Lack of Standing to Sue
Judge dismisses anti-trans lawsuit due to lack of standing, protecting FCPS students, policies, and taxpayer resources. Learn how this impacts Fairfax County.
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