Virginia | 4 Public Education

Nov 111 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...

Fordham and Petrilli on Virginia Public Schools: Desire, Influence, and Controversy

Cheryl Binkley

Oct 154 min read

Richmond Matters

Fordham and Petrilli on Virginia Public Schools: Desire, Influence, and Controversy

Michael Petrilli Wants Virginia and He Wants Her Bad The Thomas B. Fordham Institute labels itself as “America's leading education reform...

Social Media Threats Fuel Fear at Virginia Schools

Cheryl Binkley2

Sep 234 min read

Champions 4 Education

Social Media Threats Fuel Fear at Virginia Schools

Social Media Threats Close Schools and Delay Games in Multiple Virginia Counties Nationwide there is always a spike in threats of...

Exciting Upcoming Events for September and October 2025!

Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall

Sep 183 min read

Champions 4 Education

Exciting Upcoming Events for September and October 2025!

We just updated our Events Calendar for the 2024-25 School Year with our September 26th Road Trip to Richmond (NOTE: VBOE date change!),...

Virginia Schools Join the Banned Cell-Phone Bandwagon

Vanessa Hall

Sep 53 min read

Virginia Schools Join the Banned Cell-Phone Bandwagon

Experts have warned about the deleterious mental health and educational impact of cell phones on students, and school districts across...

Youngkin’s Privatization Team Makes Its Move on Virginia’s Public Schools

Cheryl Binkley

Aug 263 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...

VDOE's Accreditation Overhaul: An Unnecessary Risk for Schools

Vanessa Hall

Aug 85 min read

Richmond Matters

VDOE's Accreditation Overhaul: An Unnecessary Risk for Schools

Accountability Standard Scheme Intends to Make our Schools Sub-Standard While the Commonwealth was preparing for the end of the school...

Good and Bad News about Virginia’s K-12 Education Budget

Marianne Burke, PhD

May 165 min read

At the Statehouse

Good and Bad News about Virginia’s K-12 Education Budget

While we are celebrating that our K-12 education funding priorities are funded for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, we must remember that,...

A Coalition of Public School Advocates Demand Action from Governor Youngkin

Marianne Burke, PhD

May 101 min read

Champions 4 Education

A Coalition of Public School Advocates Demand Action from Governor Youngkin

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

How to Ensure your High School is Rated Among the Highest Regardless of Zip Code

Cheryl Binkley

May 1010 min read

Champions 4 Education

How to Ensure your High School is Rated Among the Highest Regardless of Zip Code

Best Schools Update 2024 “Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality...

College Decisions Delayed. Thanks, FAFSA!

Vanessa Hall

May 13 min read

In the Classroom

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,...

Fight to Eliminate Sexual Assault in Virginia NOW

Vanessa Hall

Apr 253 min read

Champions 4 Education

Fight to Eliminate Sexual Assault in Virginia NOW

Thursday, April 24th, was a beautiful day for a moving experience of shared trauma, survival, triumph, and advocacy. Many thanks to Lisa...

Youngkin’s Charter-Lab Schools Push in 2024

Cheryl Binkley

Apr 165 min read

Richmond Matters

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...

Gaslighting the Public: Misinterpreting Student Performance and NAEP Scores (3 of 3)

Marianne Burke, PhD

Oct 11, 20233 min read

Richmond Matters

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...

Gaslighting the Public: Manufactured Crisis over SOL Scores (2 of 3)

Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall

Sep 19, 20235 min read

Richmond Matters

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...

Gaslighting the Public: Manufactured SAT Crisis (1 of 3)

Marianne Burke, PhD

Aug 30, 20233 min read

Richmond Matters

Gaslighting the Public: Manufactured SAT Crisis (1 of 3)

Governor Youngkin continues to gaslight the public by manufacturing problems that he continues to blame on public schools in Virginia....

Reject Youngkin's "Don't Be Trans" School Policies

Vanessa Hall

Jul 27, 20233 min read

Take Action 4 Education

Reject Youngkin's "Don't Be Trans" School Policies

Last week, Glenn Youngkin’s Department of Education released their so-called “ Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect...

Youngkin's Lab Schools: So Many Problems, Where to Even Start?

Cheryl Binkley

Apr 18, 20232 min read

Richmond Matters

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...

Undermining Public Education: Fake Grassroots, Real Dark Money (Part 1)

Vanessa Hall

Oct 20, 20223 min read

School Board Matters

Undermining Public Education: Fake Grassroots, Real Dark Money (Part 1)

Governor Glenn Youngkin and his allies used attacks on public education to win the governorship in 2021. National and local dark money...

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