Shirleen Guerra | July 13, 2026 (The Center Square) — A Richmond City Council committee voted Thursday to advance a resolution that would let city voters decide whether to approve a new local sales tax dedicated to school construction and major renovation projects. The Education and Human Services Standing Committee recommended the resolution for approval […]
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Esther Wickham | June 19, 2026 (The Center Square) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is moving civil rights and special education programs to other federal agencies in efforts to continue the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department
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Esther Wickham | May 29, 2026 (The Center Square) – Spending more taxpayer dollars doesn’t make kids smarter, according to experts. As K-12 test scores and student proficiency rates continue to decline nationwide, education experts question whether increased education funding is improving student outcomes or merely contributing to inefficiencies within the public school system. National
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Shirleen Guerra | May 6, 2026 (The Center Square) — Hanover County Public Schools says a cybersecurity incident that disrupted its network in March involved a malicious actor gaining access to internal systems and attempting to deploy ransomware. Unknown are questions about whether sensitive personal data may have been exposed and how much the response
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(The Center Square) – Education group Defending Education says that tax dollars are meant to fund public schools to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, as the group also reported that a Virginia public school works an “equity and anti-racism framework” into school curriculum, staff training and more. The school district in question, Albemarle County Public Schools, said
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Tate Miller | April 8, 2026 (The Center Square) — An education group has uncovered that teacher’s union the National Education Association has given nearly two million dollars in donations since 2020 to an organization that trains for May Day school “walk-in” protests, as well as demands agendas such as “tax the rich” and the
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Esther Wickham | April 6, 2026 (The Center Square) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Monday rescinded portions of multiple resolution agreements, alleging that previous administrations expanded the interpretation of Title IX. The OCR uses resolution agreements to require schools to take corrective action when they are found to be
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Shirleen Guerra | March 31, 2026 (The Center Square) – Local officials in parts of Virginia are pushing back against collective bargaining legislation now on the governor’s desk, warning the changes could increase costs and limit local control as counties finalize their budgets. In Bedford County, the Board of Supervisors voted 7-0 on Tuesday to
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Esther Wickham | March 27, 2026 (The Center Square) – A majority of American voters favor guardrails on K-12 political activism during school hours and say students should remain focused on academics, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found 58% of voters support limits on activism during school hours, and
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Shirleen Guerra | March 2, 2026 (The Center Square) – Virginia lawmakers are weighing competing K-12 budget proposals that differ on per-pupil aid, teacher raises and special education funding, with hundreds of millions of dollars separating some of the major line items. Under the introduced budget, per-pupil funding is listed at $9,477 in fiscal year
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