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Vanessa Hall
Mar 31, 20235 min read
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...


Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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...


Vanessa Hall
Mar 16, 20232 min read
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...


Anjy Cramer
Mar 8, 20233 min read
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...


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Mar 1, 20234 min read
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
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
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
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...


Holly Hazard
Feb 8, 20232 min read
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
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...

Holly Hazard
Jan 9, 20231 min read
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...


Vanessa Hall
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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.


Rick Clayton
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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...


Marianne Burke, PhD
Nov 28, 20221 min read
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
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
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...


Vanessa Hall
Oct 26, 20224 min read
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...

4PE Team
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Joint Statement on the FCPS Teach Truth Resolution
October 26, 2022 4 Public Education, Fairfax Federation of Teachers, Fairfax Education Association, Stand and Deliver and FCPS Pride...


Vanessa Hall
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Undermining Public Education: Fake Grassroots, Real Dark Money (Part 1)
Governor Glenn Youngkin and his allies used attacks on public education to win the governorship in 2021. National and local dark money...


Marianne Burke and Atif Qarni
Oct 13, 20224 min read
Attacks on Virginia's Public Schools: Honest Conversations (Part 2)
Part 1 of this 2-part series, introduced Governor Youngkin’s attack on public education during and after his campaign. This second part...
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