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Vanessa Hall
Dec 1312 min read
Are Transgender Civil Rights Under Attack? A Look Back at the Past Week
A Tough Week for Transgender Students and Families After years of attacks on rights of transgender students, this past week has seen an...
Cheryl Binkley2
Nov 244 min read
Governor Youngkin and Superintendent Coons' Magic Math won’t Fool Virginians or Fix Schools
When the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) rolled out its proposed Accreditation and Accountability Framework in June of 2024, they...
Marianne Burke, PhD
Nov 142 min read
You Have Power! Use it Now!!
Ask your Elected Officials to Act before it is Too Late Most people are unaware of the power they have as constituents of senators and...
Cheryl Binkley
Nov 111 min read
Post Election Message
Election Day 2024 has come and gone. Like most pro-public schools people, we here at 4 Public Education are stunned and concerned about...
Vanessa Hall
Oct 1712 min read
When Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Seeps into Public School Discussions
Combatting Disinformation is Harder than Sharing It There is so much disinformation floating around these days that it is hard to do much...
Cheryl Binkley
Sep 213 min read
We Must Reframe What We are Measuring In Public Schools
Please Note: This is an opinion piece. It is not filled with links to authoritative studies, or data analysis. I’m simply going to tell...
Anjy Cramer
Sep 192 min read
Systemic Academic “Failure”: A Reality or a Choice?
This is Public Comment Given at Arlington Public Schools Board Meeting by Anjy Cramer on September 19, 2024. Please note that h istorical...
Vanessa Hall
May 142 min read
Focus on Equity, Literacy, and Excellence
2025 FCPS Budget Public Input At the May 14, 2024 Public Hearing in front of the Fairfax County School Board on the 2025 Budget, the...
Marianne Burke, PhD
May 101 min read
A Coalition of Public School Advocates Demand Action from Governor Youngkin
In collaboration with the Virginia Grassroots Coalition , 4 Public Education initiated a letter to Governor Youngkin about the upcoming...
Anjy Cramer
May 19 min read
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
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...
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