Explore how the Trump agenda to dismantle the U.S. Dept of Education is harming public schools, as the nation loses critical functions and oversight of federal funding programs for special education and Title 1 schools. This agenda will negatively affect K-12 education far into the future.

They hid voucher funding in the Educational Choice for Children Act. Contact Your Legislators and Say "NO" to the Voucher Bill because you love your public school!

Uncover how Virginia's math performance is misrepresented by VDOE's Secretary Aimee Guidera.

Thursday Feb. 13, 2025 at 10 am Linda McMahon will testify at her Senate confirmation hearing  When I googled Linda McMahon for her...

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...

Contact Congress about Two Anti-Public School Executive Orders Two recent federal Executive Orders (EOs) on public education have been...

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...

Sex Education in Virginia's K-12 Public Schools The Family Life Education (FLE) curriculum in Virginia is an abstinence-based curriculum...

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...

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...

A Tough Week for Transgender Students and Families After years of attacks on rights of transgender students, this past week has seen an onslaught of anti-transgender media, court cases, and federal and state activity. For parents of transgender students, transgender students, and the transgender community, it is just too much. They are exhausted, so all allies need to continue to step up to fight alongside them against such attacks. “Children's well-being now, ability to live

When the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) rolled out its proposed Accreditation and Accountability Framework in June of 2024, they...

Ask your Elected Officials to Act before it is Too Late Most people are unaware of the power they have as constituents of senators and...

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

Combatting Disinformation is Harder than Sharing It There is so much disinformation floating around these days that it is hard to do much...

Please Note: This is an opinion piece. It is not filled with links to authoritative studies, or data analysis.  I’m simply going to tell...

This is Public Comment Given at Arlington Public Schools Board Meeting by Anjy Cramer on September 19, 2024. Please note that h istorical...

2025 FCPS Budget Public Input At the May 14, 2024 Public Hearing in front of the Fairfax County School Board on the 2025 Budget, the...

In collaboration with the Virginia Grassroots Coalition , 4 Public Education initiated a letter to Governor Youngkin about the upcoming...

You can’t just ignore problems away. Author's forward: I wrote this piece on a snowy day in January. Dr. Claudine Gay had just resigned,...