Christian Schools
In woke wars, faith-based Virginia schools see enrollment jump(The Daily Signal) – Schools rooted in a biblical worldview are seeing increased enrollment in Virginia, while public schools are faltering. According to a recent report, Catholic schools… Read More
Public Education
‘Making themselves judge and jury’: Winsome Sears calls out school districts defying parental rights policies(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia said Tuesday that school boards who defied parental rights policies were “making themselves judge and jury.”… Read More
Public Education
A Virginia school district upheld parental rights on trans issues. Why is the Biden DOJ getting involved?(The Daily Signal) – America First Legal is demanding answers after the Justice Department under President Joe Biden intervened in a Virginia school district’s adoption of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s… Read More
Public Education
‘Expected to follow the law’: Virginia governor calls out school district for vowing not to change its transgender policiesVirginia’s largest school district said Tuesday it doesn’t legally need to change its gender policies, including its practice of hiding information from parents. The governor disagrees. In a… Read More
Public Education
Mother of 6-year-old who shot his 1st grade teacher pleads guilty to felony charge of neglectThe mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot and nearly killed his 1st grade teacher at a Virginia elementary school earlier this year pleaded guilty to felony child neglect… Read More
Culture
Youngkin holds ‘Parents Matter’ town halls(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… Read More
Christian Schools
West Virginia church opens microschool, triples enrollment in two yearsWhen West Virginia’s Expression Prep Academy opened with 15 students in 2022, its team had already overcome significant challenges just to launch in time for the school year. Read More
Public Education
VCU, Richmond high school form first lab school in commonwealth(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… Read More
Public Education
School safety forum brings educators, law enforcement together(The Center Square) – More than 1,100 people registered to attend the 2023 Virginia School Safety Training Forum, which will address roughly 20 topics pertaining to school safety and… Read More
Christian Schools
Former public school teacher opens Christian microschool, reaches maximum capacity after one yearWhen Mercedes Grant tried opening a Virginia microschool in July 2022, she organized meetups and small classes to generate interest. But no one signed up for months. Read More
Public Education
School board passes ‘equity policy’ that distributes resources based on students’ ‘marginalization’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Fairfax County Public School Board unanimously passed an equity policy on Monday that will allocate resources to students based on their level of “marginalization.”… Read More
Culture
Teachers’ union exec defends remote schooling by saying learning loss made everyone ‘equal’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An executive board member of a Virginia teachers union defended remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with ProPublica, saying that the… Read More
Culture
Town board partially freezes public library funding amid parent protests over sexually explicit books for kids(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Virginia town board voted to freeze some funding to a public library while parents protest the presence of sexually explicit content in the… Read More
Courts
Teacher shot by 1st-grader in Virginia has been fired by school after filing suit, says attorneyThe Virginia teacher who was shot by a first-grader has been fired in what her attorney says might be retaliation for her lawsuit against the school. In January, Richneck… Read More
Courts
Virginia school district at center of sexual assault scandal ordered to turn over internal records(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A circuit court judge ordered Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia Tuesday to give its review of an internal investigation into two student sexual… Read More
Courts
Federal court reinstates admissions policy found to have anti-Asian bias in Virginia schoolA federal appeals court reinstated admission policies at a Virginia high school that allows race-based policies critics say discriminate against Asian Americans. Previously, a lower court found that… Read More
Public Education
Loudoun County “activist” Facebook group contains death threats against parents opposed to LGBT ideologyA Loudon County, Virginia Facebook group is being investigated after members allegedly made death threats against parents who spoke against LGBT ideology at local school board meetings."The Loudoun… Read More
Public Education
Youngkin announces funding for school safety(The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced a grant program to improve student safety by beefing up security infrastructures in schools of higher needs.The Stronger… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Gov. Youngkin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion went ‘off the rails’Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, says that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), while laudable a decade ago, has “gone off the rails” because of political manipulation.“The concept of… Read More
Public Education
Critics and parents blast Planned Parenthood sex ed program proposed for Virginia districtThe City of Norfolk Public School Board is planning on adopting a sex ed curriculum developed by top U.S. abortion provider Planned Parenthood, material parents and critics say is… Read More