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Take Action: Make your Voice Heard by Virginia DOE by September 25th

Sep 133 min read

Take Action: Make your Voice Heard by Virginia DOE by September 25th

Disruption is NOT Accountability The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) created disruptive accountability measures that will harm...

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...

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...

Cheryl Binkley and Vanessa Hall

Jan 54 min read

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New Year, New Leadership at 4PE

2023 was a busy year for 4 Public Education. In addition to our presence at school board meetings, key education events, and a robust...

Anniversary of an Expensive Manufactured Crisis

Vanessa Hall

Dec 20, 20232 min read

Richmond Matters

Anniversary of an Expensive Manufactured Crisis

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

Marianne Burke, PhD

Dec 20, 20232 min read

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Happiest of Holidays

Although most of us think of Christmas when we talk about the December holidays, there are eleven cultural and religious holidays...

Cheryl Binkley

Nov 21, 20232 min read

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Many Thanks for our Public Schools

“The best thing for being sad is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your...

School Board Matters: Blue Skies and Smiles Shining So Bright

Vanessa Hall

Nov 15, 20238 min read

Champions 4 Education

School Board Matters: Blue Skies and Smiles Shining So Bright

November 9, 2023 School Board meetings have become ground zero for the culture wars, so 4 Public Education is introducing a new blog...

Op-ed: Northern Virginia in the Crosshairs

Marianne Burke (PhD) and Vanessa Hall

Oct 30, 20234 min read

Richmond Matters

Op-ed: Northern Virginia in the Crosshairs

Even before he was elected, Virginia Gov. [Glenn] Youngkin focused his attention on harmful, fabricated fibs about public education. He...

School Board Matters: FCPS Outcompetes on SATs

Vanessa Hall

Oct 20, 20235 min read

School Board Matters

School Board Matters: FCPS Outcompetes on SATs

School Board meetings have become ground zero for the culture wars, so 4 Public Education is introducing a new blog called “School Board...

School Board to Vote on Renaming Woodson Tonight!

Marianne Burke, PhD

Oct 12, 20232 min read

Take Action 4 Education

School Board to Vote on Renaming Woodson Tonight!

On October 10, 2023, 4 Public Education co-founder Vanessa Hall spoke at a hearing in support of the proposal to rename W. T. Woodson...

Raise your Hand for Healthy School Environments Symposium

Marianne Burke, PhD

Oct 5, 20232 min read

Champions 4 Education

Raise your Hand for Healthy School Environments Symposium

We need to allow people to talk and we need to be open-minded. Our differences don’t need to divide us–they can bring us together. - Dr....

Vanessa Hall

Sep 13, 20232 min read

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Safety and Inclusion Are Key to Success

Respect Student Voices My heart broke listening to adults demonizing and dehumanizing students at the last school board meeting demonize...

Don't Be Fooled into Thinking that FCPS is Failing

Marianne Burke, PhD

Sep 13, 20232 min read

School Board Matters

Don't Be Fooled into Thinking that FCPS is Failing

All these school board seats are up for election this November, and you can tell things are heating up because false claims are...

4PE Team

Jul 27, 20231 min read

In the News

Speaking out Against Hate at the VA BOE

Although it was nowhere on the Virginia Board of Education agenda, nearly all public input today, July 27, 2023, was about Youngkin's...

Schools out, but no summer break for 4 Public Education!

Jenna White

May 18, 20231 min read

We are 4PE

Schools out, but no summer break for 4 Public Education!

4 Public Education (4PE) announces the launch of their first major fundraising campaign, Summer Sendoff Campaign. While the end of this...

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...

Youngkin's Lab Schools: So Many Problems, Where to Even Start?

Cheryl Binkley

Apr 18, 20232 min read

Richmond Matters

Youngkin's Lab Schools: So Many Problems, Where to Even Start?

The following is a transcript of remarks made by 4 PE's Cheryl Binkley made to the Virginia Board of Education at their meeting on April...

Cheryl Binkley

Dec 29, 20221 min read

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2022 a Year 4 Public Education

As we close out 2002 we also reach the milestone of our 1st anniversary! 4 Public Education was launched this time last year, after a...

Vanessa Hall

Sep 26, 20222 min read

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Are you Ready? We are Ready!

Recap with photos of the Raise Your Hand 4 Education Leadership Symposium for Virginia.

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