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

The Situation August 19, 2025 the US Department of Education announced they would withhold $50 million in Title IX funding from five of the largest school districts in Virginia if the districts did not change their Title IX regulations to conform to recent presidential executive orders. The Department of Education labeled the five districts as “high risk”, and is  demanding that the localities pre-pay for all Title IX expenses and apply for reimbursement item by item. The pen

An extremist US Dept of Education has threatened Northern Virginia school districts in order to violate the civil rights of students.

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

Join Fairfax County and City in their celebrations of the Trans Day of Visibility!

Learn how to protect our free after school programs for middle schoolers!

Contact your Fairfax County Supervisor and the Chairman now! Did you know that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (BoS) has proposed to eliminate funding for the Middle School After-School Program (ASP) and summer programs next year? This program costs barely $4 million from the BoS but serves 23,000 students (and their families) across the 26 middle schools in Fairfax County. If you live or work in Fairfax County, contact them now  to urge against this.  If this plan go

Discover how you can support Fairfax FLE committee volunteers who are under attack for defending inclusive, age-appropriate sex education.

Join the FLE Committee on February 12th from 7-9pm at Gatehouse It is a year with a number in it, so you can be sure that Fairfax Public School (FCPS) volunteers on committees are hard at work. Few committees are as attacked as the Family Life Education (FLE) committee which provides suggestions to modify the sex education curriculum in FCPS to ensure that it is scientifically accurate, age-appropriate, accessible, and relevant for kids in the 21st Century. This year, the FLE

Our Students, Staff, and Families need the Equity Office If you’ve been reading the news in the last two weeks, it is pretty clear that...

My daughter was physically ill on Tuesday after she witnessed Nazi salutes on the inaugural stage, and executive orders signed to create...

VBOE meeting report out from September 26th People drove from around the Commonwealth to have their voices heard in front of the Virginia...

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...

Disruption is NOT Accountability The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) created disruptive accountability measures that will harm...

Report Out on the 8/28/24 Virginia Board of Education Meeting Despite citizens across Virginia rallying to action , the Virginia Board of Education (VBOE), approved Governor Youngkin’s Virginia Department of Education’s (VDOE) amendments to Virginia’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan per Nathaniel Cline’s reporting in the Virginia Mercury . This is not surprising since VBOE is made up almost entirely of Youngkin appointees who overwhelmingly have voiced support for defu

Theocratic Veto versus School Policy This is part 2 of coverage on Jane Doe v. Fairfax County School Board  (FCSB) (CL-2024-0003171), a...

Discover the inspiring story of courage and strength within the tight-knit Bucknell Elementary community, a small but mighty school.

My most recent blog, Essential Boundary Policy for a New Century , identified some “interesting” school boundaries in our area. Any rational person would look at those boundaries and wonder how they came to be. Of course, those non-contiguous, gerrymandered boundaries are a developer’s dime a dozen in Fairfax County. Nevertheless, I did a little research (shared below), but first I want to discuss the recent history of Policy 8130. I was surprised by recent history and previo

It Is Time For Some Real Change After months of debate, the Fairfax County School Board is finalizing a comprehensive overhaul of the county’s current boundary policy  which was originally adopted in 1986 and last revised in May of 2013, despite 5-year review requirements. This all followed a February school board meeting  on Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) amendments, when most of the school board members expressed strong concerns that one-off boundary adjustments at individu