Analysis and Commentary

Is Fairfax County’s FOIA Office Charging High Fees to Keep Secrets?

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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | August 14, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last week, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for simple demographic information pertaining to students at Fairfax County’s six failing high schools. It is likely that the information exists in the district’s Student Information System database. If the data were available in the Virginia Department of Education’s School

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Some Fairfax County High Schools Likely to Lose Accreditation Under New Standards

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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | August 6, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Last month, Virginia’s Board of Education approved new accreditation standards for the state’s public schools. In addition to the existing school quality indicators — academic achievement, academic achievement gaps, chronic absenteeism, the Graduation and Completion Index, dropout rates, and the College, Career, and Readiness Index — the state

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Public Schools Have Been Pushing a ‘Secularist’ Religion

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Shanxi Omoniyi | July 27, 2024 (The Lion) — Advocates of current public schools often oppose Christian-based options, arguing religion has no place in government-funded education.  In doing so, they disregard years of historical precedent where the nation intentionally supported and financed Christian instruction in public-school classrooms.  The question has never been whether public education

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