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Five Virginia Lab School Applications In; More Being Developed

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Tyler Arnold | The Center Square (The Center Square) – As the Virginia Department of Education continues to accept applications for planning grants to create lab schools, five applications have been submitted, but many more are under development. “We have been pleased with the great interest from higher education, school divisions, business and community partners […]

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DeSantis: Nation’s Report Card Vindicates Decision to Keep Schools Open

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Bethany Blankley | November 2, 2022 (The Center Square) – The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) rankings indicate that Florida students are “well ahead of their peers, especially with younger and educationally at-risk students who were harmed the most from distance-learning in other states,” the governor said. “We insisted on keeping schools open

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Some Virginia School Boards Resisting Youngkin’s New Transgender Guidelines

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Tyler Arnold | November 1, 2022 (The Center Square) – Some school boards in Virginia are formally expressing their opposition to new transgender guidelines from the Virginia Department of Education, which would put more authority in the hands of parents and alter rules for bathrooms and locker rooms. The Fairfax County School Board and the

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