Many Districts Cancel Classes Due to Winter Storm EdNews Virginia | January 6, 2025 A winter storm created snowy and icy road conditions overnight for many Virginians. School districts across the commonwealth announced closures — see below for news from your region. In advance of the storm’s arrival, Governor Youngkin declared a state of emergency […]
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Nathan Brinkman | January 3, 2025 (EdNews Virginia) — Arlington’s Washington-Liberty High School (W-L) is promoting a scholarship exclusively for noncitizens, including those who are “undocumented,” EdNews Virginia has learned. In a Thursday email from the school’s counseling department, W-L families were informed of a “$4,000 scholarship, renewable for up to five years.” However, this
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Advisory Committee Excludes Stakeholders, Lacks Transparency Fairfax County resident Stephanie Lundquist-Arora sent the following open letter to Superintendent Michelle Reid on December 28, 2024: Dear Dr. Reid, I write to you today as a concerned parent and community member. In an attempt to establish credibility for your decisions with the redistricting initiative in Fairfax County
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Nathan Brinkman | June 14, 2024 (EdNews Virginia) — Arlington’s Yorktown High is ending the school year mired in a controversy over antisemitism, EdNews Virginia has learned. “Several students and parents have shared concerns that the Yorktown yearbook has a senior quote which is considered antisemitic,” Principal Kevin Clark wrote in a June 5 email
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Corey DeAngelis | May 15, 2024 (EdNews Virginia) — A parent revolution has ignited. Eleven states have passed universal school choice in the past three years. In these states, all families are now eligible to take their children’s education dollars to the education providers of their choosing, whether public or private. We can thank Randi
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Nathan Brinkman | May 10, 2024 (EdNews Virginia) — A shooting threat rattled Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (“TJ”) last week, EdNews Virginia has learned. On May 1, TJ Principal Ann Bonitatibus alerted families via email: “Late this morning, we were made aware of graffiti in a school restroom that threatens a
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Corey DeAngelis Takes Readers Inside America’s School Choice Movement EdNews Virginia | May 6, 2024 The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools will be released on May 14. “In The Parent Revolution, Dr. Corey A. DeAngelis — public enemy #1 of the teachers’ unions — takes readers inside this movement like
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EdNews Virginia | April 24, 2024 Em Cooper will serve as Virginia’s deputy superintendent of teaching and learning, the state’s Department of Education has announced. Cooper most recently worked in Louisiana, serving as deputy assistant superintendent of educator development. Louisiana’s Department of Education oversees more than 170 school systems that serve over 700,000 students. “I
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EdNews Virginia | March 4, 2024 In a Friday afternoon email, Arlington Public Schools announced the district will observe a “National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth” on Monday, March 4. The email did not include opt-out information for parents. EdNews Virginia emailed the district’s spokesman on Saturday with
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EdNews Virginia | February 4, 2024 Catholic Schools Week was celebrated January 28 through February 3 in Virginia and nationwide. The week has been observed annually since 1974, according to the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA). “Every year, I’m joyfully reminded that Catholic Schools Week is a jubilant celebration and joyous recognition of the transformative
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