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Morgan Sweeney | September 4, 2024 (The Center Square) — Recent data on school district spending gathered by the Virginia Public Access Project appear to support the conclusion of a late-February Reason Foundation study assessing the relationship between state K-12 education spending and student outcomes.  The foundation concluded that increased spending does not always correlate with higher test […]

Sarah Roderick-Fitch | July 10, 2024 (The Center Square) – Virginia is joining a growing number of states seeking to limit cellphone usage in public schools. Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 33 on Tuesday, which will direct the Virginia Department of Education to “draft guidance” for school districts to “adopt local policies and procedures”

Morgan Sweeney | May 23, 2024 (The Center Square) — More school districts in Virginia are starting to implement school cell phone bans, prohibiting students from using their phones during the school day and, in some cases, even on the bus. Many districts ban student cell phone usage at elementary schools, and some ban them

Photo: Office of the Governor of Virginia Morgan Sweeney | May 15, 2024 (The Center Square) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed Virginia’s budget for fiscal years 2025-2026 Monday after the state’s General Assembly voted to pass it in a special session convened for that purpose. The $188 billion biennial budget was agreed upon at the

Morgan Sweeney | February 14, 2024 (The Center Square) — Virginia’s 2024 General Assembly session is just over halfway finished, with 480 bills passed by the House of Delegates and 393 by the state Senate. Some critical pieces of education legislation have fared well so far; many will likely make it to the governor’s desk.