More Money, Fewer Students: Fairfax Schools’ Trust Crisis

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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | March 4, 2026 There has been a significant decline in enrollment in Virginia’s largest public school district. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) experienced the largest drop in student enrollment of any district in the state from 2015 to 2025, according to the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. While

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Public School Test Scores Continue to Decline

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Esther Wickham | March 4, 2026 (The Lion) – Academic achievement in U.S. public schools continues to fall behind pre-pandemic levels, with national test data showing a persistent decline in math and reading scores years after COVID-19. Test results from the National Center for Education Statistics show that average scores on 12th-grade math and reading assessments dropped

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