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,...

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...

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

The Problem Two hundred thirty-three amendments : there are so many problems with the Governor’s amendments to the bipartisan budget that...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

If you care about public education, then you have noticed that school districts across the country have been under fire for the last...

December 14, 2023 School Board meetings have become ground zero for the culture wars. Our “School Board Matters” blog will include...

Like tens of thousands of parents, I received a letter this week indicating that FCPS inadvertently released my child’s private...

One of Governor Youngkin’s many promises to Virginia was to expand charter schools in Virginia, taking desperately needed funding from...

A Review of the Northern Virginia VDOE Accountability Listening Session I don’t know if any of you have attended any of the VDOE...