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Fairfax County Withheld ‘Adequate Education’ From Students With Disabilities

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Tyler Arnold | December 7, 2022 (The Center Square) – Fairfax County Public schools failed to provide appropriate education for students with disabilities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education. An investigation from the department’s Office for Civil Rights found thousands of students with disabilities did […]

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Another Revision for Virginia’s History Standards From State’s Education Department

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Tyler Arnold | November 21, 2022 (The Center Square) – As officials continue to debate changes to the history standards in the public education curriculum, the Virginia Board of Education voted to delay the consideration of the Department of Education’s proposal and make new revisions. The Department of Education unveiled its history curriculum proposal and

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High Court Ruling Could Affect Virginia College Admissions

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Tyler Arnold | November 17, 2022 (The Center Square) – As the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on the constitutionality of certain affirmative action policies in college and university admissions, a change to current precedent could affect admissions in Virginia. Current Supreme Court precedent allows higher education institutions to give some weight to

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Arizona Charter School Students Outperforming Most of Nation

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📷: BASIS Scottsdale Tom Joyce | November 17, 2022 (The Center Square) – Arizona’s charter schools, if separated from their public school counterparts, have eighth graders that perform at higher levels than nearly any other state. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the Nation’s Report Card, found that Arizona district and charter

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Virginia Education Partnership Seeks to Help Recover From Learning Losses

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Tyler Arnold | November 9, 2022 (The Center Square) – To help the state recover from learning losses in fourth-grade math and reading proficiency, four historically black colleges and universities are teaming with two groups to provide tutoring services to at-risk students. The program will employ students at the colleges and universities to tutor and

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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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