Morgan Sweeney | September 28, 2023 (The Center Square) — A Virginia parents group and Fairfax County Public Schools have been locked in a legal battle recently appealed to the Supreme Court – and several legal organizations have filed amicus briefs petitioning the court to hear the case. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology …
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Morgan Sweeney | September 20, 2023 (The Center Square) — Virginia is 2023’s best state for teachers, according to a study conducted by personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub ranked states by 24 weighted metrics in two major categories: Opportunity and competition and academic and work environment. Virginia placed first for the former and eleventh for the …
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Kevin Bessler | September 14, 2023 (The Center Square) – The books being made available to children in public schools and libraries was the topic of a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, with an Illinois law thrust into the spotlight. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias testified before the committee to explain the legislation. …
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Andrew Hensel | September 12, 2023 (The Center Square) – Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis-Gates, who has been outspoken against the state’s school choice program, is sending her child to a private school, according to the Illinois Republican Party and other reports. Davis-Gates took office in 2022 to lead the third largest teachers union …
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Morgan Sweeney | September 9, 2023 (The Center Square) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his ALL IN VA plan, intended to help Virginia students recover from COVID-19 learning loss and return to higher academic standards, on the heels of the announcement of the Virginia Assessment Results for the 2022-23 school year. The plan is the latest …
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Morgan Sweeney | September 6, 2023 (The Center Square) — The State Board of Education completed its review of state standards of learning for math and has approved new 2023 standards to go into effect during the 2024-25 school year. In 2000, the General Assembly voted to make it a law that the board must review the …
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Morgan Sweeney | August 24, 2023 (The Center Square) — Virginia’s Attorney General Jason Miyares issued an opinion today, arguing that the governor’s model policies comply with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and that “local school boards are required to adopt policies that are consistent with them.” The opinion comes at the request of Gov. …
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Morgan Sweeney | August 14, 2023 (The Center Square) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin is leading a ‘Parents Matter’ town hall tour across the commonwealth to engage Virginia parents on crucial issues impacting youth. The tour began over a month ago in Salem, and since then, the governor has spoken at Bristow, Richmond and Fredericksburg – …
Morgan Sweeney | August 5, 2023 (The Center Square) – Every year around this time, Virginians get a sales tax holiday for one weekend before the start of school. But this year, Virginia’s sales tax holiday for select school-readiness, hurricane preparedness and utilities items may itself be on holiday. Though predicted to be an “unparalleled” and …
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Morgan Sweeney | July 31, 2023 (The Center Square) – The Virginia Board of Education has approved the first lab school in the state, something Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been pushing for since he took office. Virginia Commonwealth University has selected CodeRVA Regional High School as its lab school. Both are in Richmond. The schools …
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