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Nathan Brinkman | October 29, 2025 My daughter’s public, government-run middle school has scheduled a “Family Equity Forum.” The RSVP form included a section inviting “suggestions for discussion topics and whether you can lend expertise to these efforts.” Here’s what I wrote: In recent years, Swanson’s equity initiatives have too often felt very reductive, defining […]

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | October 20, 2025 In response to a Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) teacher’s allegations that staff at Centreville High School arranged and funded an abortion for a minor student without her guardian’s knowledge, the district’s leadership hired a notoriously expensive law firm – King & Spalding – to investigate. Many of the

$168.1M in Federal Aid Now at Risk EdNews Virginia | February 25, 2025 Fairfax resident Stephanie Lundquist-Arora sent the following letter to Superintendent Michelle Reid and members of the county school board today. Dr. Reid and School Board Members, As Fairfax County’s revenue base is expected to shrink significantly with cost-cutting at the federal level,

Northern Virginia Public Schools Defy Executive Orders EdNews Virginia | February 24, 2025 Arlington, Virginia resident Mariah Burton Nelson sent the following letter to Governor Glenn Youngkin today. Dear Governor Youngkin: I’m a longtime Virginia resident with serious concerns about current policies that allow males – based on their self-perception or claim to be transgender