Opinion
Op-ed: As a teacher, Iâm saddened by the continued disregard for student safety at Loudoun County Public SchoolsStudents at Loudoun County Public Schools are speaking out about their safety, but LCPS administrators are more concerned about upholding woke agendas than they are about restoring common sense policies… Read More
Public Education
Scrutinized Northern Virginia school board up for reelection(The Center Square) â Tuesday’s Virginia General Assembly general election will be in the national spotlight as interested parties watch to see if Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been able to… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school district is under fire after 9 high school students overdosed on fentanyl and parents werenât notifiedLoudoun County Public Schools is in hot water again, this time for withholding information from parents about multiple students overdosing on fentanyl. Nine students overdosed in the past month at… Read More
Culture
Youngkin issues Executive Directive to combat targeting of religious and ethnic groups(The Center Square) â Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Directive Six, a directive to fortify the stateâs response to attacks on religious or ethnic groups in response to âsignificantly… Read More
Opinion
Washington Post story on own education poll ignores important takeaways on transgender policies from surveyA Washington Post story reporting on its own survey of voters about education issues in Virginia ignores important takeaways of the surveyâs findings, especially on transgender issues. On the biggest… Read More
Courts
School board adopts Virginia governor’s parental rights policy after parents slap it with lawsuit(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Virginia Beach School Board approved Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs gender transition notification policy Tuesday after being hit with a lawsuit from parents, according to… Read More
Public Education
Parents sue Virginia school board for rejecting Gov. Youngkinâs transgender policiesTwo parents are suing their Virginia school district for refusing to follow state policy regarding transgender studentsâ bathroom use and sports participation. The guidance, which was… Read More
Public Education
Teachers at a Virginia school district can again give zeros to students who do no work, but 50% remains the bottom for any effortA school district in Virginia reversed a change to its grading policy, allowing teachers to again give students zeros for not turning in assignments. Last year, Fairfax County Public Schools… Read More
Public Education
School district bucks parental rights, votes against Gov. Youngkinâs policy(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Amherst County School Board (ACSB) voted against adopting Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs parental rights policy regarding transgender issues in schools Thursday, according to… Read More
Culture
Initiative to combat human trafficking launched in Virginia(The Center Square) â Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced this week during a press conference the launch of an initiative to combat human trafficking in partnership with businesses across… Read More
Culture
‘Parents matterâ: Gov. Youngkin pardons father arrested at school board meeting following his daughterâs sexual assaultGov. Youngkin granted a full pardon on Friday to a Virginia father arrested for disorderly conduct at a 2021 school board meeting after his daughter was sexually assaulted in the… Read More
Public Education
Youngkin announces new education initiative after pandemic learning loss(The Center Square) â Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his ALL IN VA plan, intended to help Virginia students recover from COVID-19 learning loss and return to higher academic standards, on the… Read More
Public Education
Virginia parents have the right to sue after district adopts transgender ‘rights’ violating Youngkin policy, AG says(The Daily Signal) â A Northern Virginia school district just outside of Washington, D.C., appears to be in flagrant violation of Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs model policies on transgender… Read More
Christian Schools
In woke wars, faith-based Virginia schools see enrollment jump(The Daily Signal) â Schools rooted in a biblical worldview are seeing increased enrollment in Virginia, while public schools are faltering. According to a recent report, Catholic schools in Northern… Read More
Public Education
âMaking themselves judge and juryâ: Winsome Sears calls out school districts defying parental rights policies(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia said Tuesday that school boards who defied parental rights policies were âmaking themselves judge and jury.â âThese are… Read More
Public Education
A Virginia school district upheld parental rights on trans issues. Why is the Biden DOJ getting involved?(The Daily Signal) â America First Legal is demanding answers after the Justice Department under President Joe Biden intervened in a Virginia school districtâs adoption of Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs policies… Read More
Public Education
âExpected to follow the lawâ: Virginia governor calls out school district for vowing not to change its transgender policiesVirginiaâs largest school district said Tuesday it doesn’t legally need to change its gender policies, including its practice of hiding information from parents. The governor disagrees. In a… Read More
Public Education
Mother of 6-year-old who shot his 1st grade teacher pleads guilty to felony charge of neglectThe mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot and nearly killed his 1st grade teacher at a Virginia elementary school earlier this year pleaded guilty to felony child neglect Tuesday. Read More
Culture
Youngkin holds ‘Parents Matter’ town halls(The Center Square) â Gov. Glenn Youngkin is leading a âParents Matterâ town hall tour across the commonwealth to engage Virginia parents on crucial issues impacting youth. The tour began over a… Read More
Christian Schools
West Virginia church opens microschool, triples enrollment in two yearsWhen West Virginiaâs Expression Prep Academy opened with 15 students in 2022, its team had already overcome significant challenges just to launch in time for the school year. âWe started… Read More