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Inspiring the Future: Science Fair Opens Doors

May 234 min read

Inspiring the Future: Science Fair Opens Doors

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

Outlawing Cell Phones in School? Are You Kidding Me?!!

Vanessa Hall

May 166 min read

In the Classroom

Outlawing Cell Phones in School? Are You Kidding Me?!!

Pardon the inflammatory title, but that is the response I’ve heard from parents and students about current proposals to severely curtail...

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...

In the Face of Hate, West Potomac Students Choose to Change the World

Vanessa Hall

May 107 min read

Champions 4 Education

In the Face of Hate, West Potomac Students Choose to Change the World

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

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,...

Anjy Cramer

May 19 min read

Champions 4 Education

DEI is here to Stay

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,...

Vanessa Hall

Apr 253 min read

Champions 4 Education

What’s Kinky about Allyship?

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

Does VDOE want Accountability or Disruption of Virginia Schools?

Cheryl Binkley

Apr 234 min read

Champions 4 Education

Does VDOE want Accountability or Disruption of Virginia Schools?

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

Fairfax County Public Schools 2025 Budget

Rick Clayton

Apr 203 min read

In the Classroom

Fairfax County Public Schools 2025 Budget

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

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...

Ironically, the VDOE Accountability Listening Tour Lacks Both Transparency and Accountability

Vanessa Hall

Apr 128 min read

Take Action 4 Education

Ironically, the VDOE Accountability Listening Tour Lacks Both Transparency and Accountability

Read other blogs about VDOE's Accountability Listening Sessions and the Public Input process.

Lawsuits, Another Far Right Tool To Defund Public Education

Vanessa Hall

Mar 2823 min read

Champions 4 Education

Lawsuits, Another Far Right Tool To Defund Public Education

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

Fostering a Welcoming, Inclusive Education Environment in School

Vanessa Hall

Mar 146 min read

School Board Matters

Fostering a Welcoming, Inclusive Education Environment in School

Fairfax County School Board Matters: March 7, 2024 First, I want to address the elephant in the room: I was unable to attend in-person...

A Big Win for Students at the Supreme Court

Vanessa Hall

Mar 73 min read

In the Classroom

A Big Win for Students at the Supreme Court

TJ and FCPS Win in Court after Three Years of Litigation Fairfax County and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) are celebrating a...

Trans-Exclusionary Policies are Bullying Kids to Death

Robert Rigby

Feb 214 min read

In the Classroom

Trans-Exclusionary Policies are Bullying Kids to Death

The following is a letter posted by 4 Public Education Board Member Robert Rigby to Loudoun County Public Schools in response to their...

Vanessa Hall

Feb 153 min read

In the Classroom

Black History, Our History

Black history is American history. Our schools should integrate Black, Asian, Hispanic, and queer history throughout our history books...

Virginia Colleges: Don't Close the Door on Dyslexics

Vanessa Hall

Feb 13 min read

In the Classroom

Virginia Colleges: Don't Close the Door on Dyslexics

A Call to Advocacy for SB21 and HB509 I am a parent of a dyslexic student. When it became clear in first grade that our daughter could...

Fairfax's School Board Gets Right to Work with Great Ideas!

Vanessa Hall

Jan 174 min read

School Board Matters

Fairfax's School Board Gets Right to Work with Great Ideas!

School Board Matters, January 11, 2024 meeting School Board meetings are ground zero for the culture wars. Our “School Board Matters”...

Cheryl Binkley

Jan 113 min read

Richmond Matters

Uniting Virginia through Literacy

Choosing a Reading Curriculum that Works In 2022 the Virginia legislature passed The Virginia Literacy Act, often referred to as VLA. It...

Frustrating Financial Aid: A Family Guide to the New FAFSA

Vanessa Hall

Jan 105 min read

In the Classroom

Frustrating Financial Aid: A Family Guide to the New FAFSA

Like many parents of high school seniors, my family has been knee deep in college applications since October. My son managed to meet all...

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