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Compromise Achieved: How the Proposed Budget Will Impact Public Education
Explore how the budget compromise will impact public education in Virginia. Discover key changes and their positive effects on K-12 funding today.

Marianne Burke, PhD
Jun 255 min read


General Assembly Responds to Governor's Vetos and Amendments
Discover how the General Assembly is pushing back on Youngkin's budget amendments and how this impacts Virginia schools.

Marianne Burke, PhD
Apr 5, 20255 min read


The General Assembly has Decisions to Make about Public Funds and Education
On April 2nd the General Assembly will enter another session where legislators will decide on whether to accept, amend, or reject Governor Y

Marianne Burke, PhD
Mar 31, 20254 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 23, 20253 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


Youngkin's Lab Schools: So Many Problems, Where to Even Start?
The following is a transcript of remarks made by 4 PE's Cheryl Binkley made to the Virginia Board of Education at their meeting on April 19th: There are so many problems with Governor Youngkin’s lab schools I hardly know where to start. I urge you to delay moving forward on approvals of lab school guidelines, applications and programs until the legal issues with them are resolved. It will save you from later involvement in testimonies about your part in a program that is at b

Cheryl Binkley
Apr 19, 20232 min read


Should Parents, Universities, and Virginia Get on Board with Gov. Youngkin’s Charter/Lab Schools?
On Friday, June 17 Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin fulfilled his campaign promise of 20 new charter schools in the form of university...

Cheryl Binkley
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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Happy September! Boy, that Flew By...
September Went by Fast! Hopefully, everyone has adjusted to new schedules, students, schools, and teachers. That first month of school went by so quick that we didn't get a newsletter out, and so much has happened! Fairfax rallied against terrible school safety issues, school staff were put on weapons duty at Lake Braddock (check out the call to action!), the Daily Signal put out another Fairfax County "Burn Book." In other Virginia education news: ask Governor Spanberger to


Another Daily Signal Burn Book from the Project 2025 Mean Girls
Propaganda Mean Girls of Project 2025 How many times has 4 Public Education corrected false narratives and cherry-picked data shared by the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal? So. Many. Times. Yet, these propaganda "Mean Girls" keep on publishing disinformation right out of the Project 2025 playbook and pushing the "public schools are failing" mantra in their Daily Signal Burn Book. Meanwhile Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) staff steadfastly continue to support and educat


Trump Trashes the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights
Discover the radical changes in enforcement and discrimination protections initiated by Secretary of Education McMahon's Office of Civil Rights.
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