My most recent blog, Essential Boundary Policy for a New Century, identified some “interesting” school boundaries in our area. Any...

It Is Time For Some Real Change After months of debate, the Fairfax County School Board is finalizing a comprehensive overhaul of the...

Historically, school board elections have received little attention from voters, but recently extremists have begun trying to take over...

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

June is only two days away, so you might want to pull out the rainbow gear (and some sunscreen!) to attend local pride events, most of...

Science Fair is More Than a Competition Science Fair has inspired students around the world for over 100 years , from the tiniest...

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...

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

A Strong Student Production of Kinky Boots While several hate groups descended on the FCPS high school last weekend, the students,...

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...

Give the Boot(s) to critics and let the show go on! Thousands of Fairfax residents are looking forward to seeing an amazing student...

Glenn Youngkin and Secretary Aimee Guidera’s constant narrative since taking office is that Virginia public schools are failing: In spite...

The National Merit Commended Certificate "Crisis" School Districts are Under Fire School districts across the country are under fire. The...

Improving support for K-12 public education to help students thrive is a widely shared goal. Students across Virginia deserve funding...

This week is Public Schools Week, so it’s a great time to share some of the things that make public schools important and wonderful....

Join Fuse4Fauquier this February 13th, 2024 at 6:00pm to hear from Katie Lang and Darcy Kreutz, founding members of FUSE, on how...

The pace has picked up in Virginia’s General Assembly as we approach some key deadlines.  ‘Crossover’  is February 13, the deadline by...

School Board Matters, January 25, 2024 meeting School Board meetings are ground zero for the culture wars. Our “School Board Matters”...