In the Classroom 4/6

May 11, 20231 min read

Teacher Appreciation Week 2.0

Some teachers will get gift cards, or mugs or flowers. Some will get a child’s smile or no notice at all. What would really say teachers...

Vanessa Hall

May 3, 20232 min read

School Board Matters

Put Mental Health First

One in six kids aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year, and half of all mental health conditions begin by age 14 with up...

Political drama over Virginia History Standards

Marianne Burke, PhD

Apr 27, 20234 min read

Champions 4 Education

Political drama over Virginia History Standards

Finally! On April 20, 2023 the revised Virginia History and Social Studies Standards of Learning (History SOL) was approved by the...

Vanessa Hall

Mar 31, 20235 min read

In the Classroom

Exercise your Rights, Parents!

Last week, Republicans passed a “Parent’s Bill of Rights” in the House, which is likely to fail in the Senate. Democrats and some...

Education or Indoctrination? Review of the Virginia History Standards Hearings

Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall

Mar 22, 20232 min read

Take Action 4 Education

Education or Indoctrination? Review of the Virginia History Standards Hearings

By the time you read this blog, public input will be closed for the Virginia History and Social Studies Standards of Learning (History...

Our Schools are not Your Battleground: CNN Town Hall Review

Vanessa Hall

Mar 16, 20232 min read

Richmond Matters

Our Schools are not Your Battleground: CNN Town Hall Review

CNN did no one any favors by framing the Youngkin Town Hall as “The War Over Education with Glenn Youngkin,” yet to many watching, it...

Los SRO no son la Solución para Tener Escuelas Seguras

Anjy Cramer

Mar 8, 20233 min read

Champions 4 Education

Los SRO no son la Solución para Tener Escuelas Seguras

Redacte este correo electrónico en medio de varias tragedias estudiantiles que afectaron a las Escuelas Públicas de Arlington hace unas...

Mar 1, 20234 min read

In the Classroom

No Family is Immune from Opioids

Like many in my upper middle-class community, I felt that my family was immune from drug addiction, but when my daughter was a senior in...

Anjy Cramer

Feb 27, 20233 min read

Champions 4 Education

Look Beyond SROs for Safe Schools

I'm an Arlington parent who wrote this email in the midst of several student tragedies engulfing Arlington Public Schools a few weeks...

Vanessa Hall

Feb 21, 20232 min read

Champions 4 Education

These Problems Can't Solve Themselves

The 2023 Virginia General Assembly is coming to an end, yet Richmond continues to foment the culture wars by trying to remove history...

4PE Team

Feb 14, 20231 min read

In the Classroom

4 Reasons We Love our Schools

They work to include all students, no matter the income, race, country of origin, ability, or gender. Our schools work to support each...

Speak Out Against Proposed VDOE History & Social Studies Standards

Holly Hazard

Feb 8, 20232 min read

In the Classroom

Speak Out Against Proposed VDOE History & Social Studies Standards

The new, proposed, history and social studies Standards of Learning (SOL) are moving forward despite almost universal condemnation from...

Vanessa Hall

Jan 17, 20232 min read

Champions 4 Education

Equity and Merit Should Coexist

I’m dismayed by recent news about FCPS…that delayed paper certificates are taking priority over critical needs of all of our students and...

Thomas Jefferson's late National Merit notice is not a catastrophe

Holly Hazard

Jan 9, 20231 min read

In the News

Thomas Jefferson's late National Merit notice is not a catastrophe

As printed in the Washington Post Opinion Section on Sunday, January 8th, 2023. Regarding the Jan. 5 Metro article “Va. AG will start...

Resolutions for a Great Year in Education

Vanessa Hall

Jan 4, 20232 min read

In the Classroom

Resolutions for a Great Year in Education

Please share your resolution or public education goals for the year. 4publiceducation.org would love to hear from you.

Is School Funding for the Arts Worth it?

Rick Clayton

Dec 6, 20221 min read

At the Statehouse

Is School Funding for the Arts Worth it?

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) constructs satellite Gross Domestic Product accounts which look at the contributions of certain...

Call to Action- History & Social Studies SOLs

Marianne Burke, PhD

Nov 28, 20221 min read

Take Action 4 Education

Call to Action- History & Social Studies SOLs

Virginia Organizations and Community Leaders call for the Virginia Board of Education to Pass the August 2022 version of the proposed...

Holly Hazard

Nov 21, 20223 min read

Richmond Matters

Strings of Lies

Before we begin, please take the following multiple choice exam: On November 17th, when the Virginia Superintendent of Schools presented...

Holly Hazard

Nov 18, 20222 min read

School Board Matters

An Apple for this Educator

Earlier this month, representatives for 4 Public Education met with Dr. Michelle Reid, the new superintendent for Fairfax County Public...

Undermining Public Education: Efforts to Defund and Dismantle Your Public School (Part 2)

Vanessa Hall

Oct 26, 20224 min read

School Board Matters

Undermining Public Education: Efforts to Defund and Dismantle Your Public School (Part 2)

Dark money's influence on public education is not new. For decades, groups funded by billionaires have worked to push policies and...

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