The 2025 General Assembly Session ended on February 22. Sadly, bills that called for improved funding for public education were defeated...

February 4th was Crossover, which is the last day for each chamber to act on its own bills. After that date, all bills that passed in...

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...

DEmyst-I-fied from a K-12 Perspective Author's Forward: (January 31, 2025): Earlier this week, 4PE approached me about republishing my...

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...

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

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...

Yes, as are LGBTQIA Students and Fairfax Volunteers! Content Warning:  The blog below includes some hateful terms, phrases, and imagery....

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...

The Financial and Emotional Costs of anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric In the first two weeks of Pride month, I have been struck by increased hate,...

The Gaslighting Continues while Youngkin Explains away his Vetoes Although Governor Glenn Youngkin claims to be making education his...

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

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,...

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

The Virginia General Assembly reconvened in Richmond as originally planned on April 17, 2024 but adjourned early, after only one day....

It is that time of year again: Fairfax County Budget approval, and like clockwork complaints are raised about how much our county is...

Governor Youngkin continues to feed Virginians misinformation after he gutted the K-12 Education component of the Bipartisan General...

The Budget Conference amended version of the proposed state budget, Budget Bill HB 30, was adopted by the General Assembly on March 9th...

End of Session Update: Budget Amendments The 2024 General Assembly session ended on March 9th with 12 of the 4 Public Education priority...