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Pictured: Nathan Brinkman, Ginny Gentles & Steven Mosley With Governor Youngkin’s School Choice Week Proclamation EdNews Virginia | February 2, 2024 EdReform Virginia’s 2nd annual School Choice Week event drew more than 70 attendees Saturday evening. The event, held at Arlington’s Rocklands Barbecue and Grilling Company, featured remarks from a variety of speakers on the […]

EdNews Virginia | January 26, 2024 EdReform Virginia Executive Director Nathan Brinkman joined WMAL’s O’Connor & Company on Monday to discuss the issue of school choice in the Old Dominion State. Governor Glenn Youngkin formally recognized January 21–27 as “School Choice Week” in Virginia. “He put out a wonderful, official proclamation emphasizing the importance of

EdNews Virginia | January 18, 2024 January 21–27 is “Virginia School Choice Week,” Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared. In a proclamation, the governor notes that “students have different needs and learning styles, and a one-size-fits-all delivery of education does not serve the myriad needs of all families.” National School Choice Week (NSCW) aims to highlight

📷: Loudoun County High School (Wikimedia Commons) EdNews Virginia | January 17, 2023 On Tuesday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Daily Wire against the Loudoun County School Board. At issue is the embattled school district’s adherence to Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The lawsuit stems from the investigative

📷: Louis Kokonis / Alexandria City High School EdNews Virginia | January 8, 2024 High school math teacher Louis Kokonis, beloved by generations of Alexandria students, died on January 4, 2024. He was 91. Kokonis, the longest-serving educator in the history of Alexandria City Public Schools, taught math since 1959. In 2018, the Louis Kokonis

EdNews Virginia | December 20, 2023 Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is reminding the commonwealth’s school division leaders of their legal and moral obligations to combat all forms of discrimination, harassment and intimidation. In a letter to superintendents on Thursday, Miyares decried the rising “scourge of antisemitism” following the “barbaric” October 7 terrorist attack on

EdNews Virginia | December 14, 2023 Fairfax County School Board Member Karl Frisch was sworn in to a second term Wednesday night — with his hand on a stack of five highly controversial, ostensibly “banned” books. The five books were “LGBTQ-themed” in nature, according to Blue Virginia: All five books are currently available from Amazon

EdNews Virginia | October 1, 2023 The America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, recently issued a fact sheet on the dire state of Virginia’s educational system — and the possible role of school choice in solving the crisis. “National test results for 2022 show that school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic had