Tag: Education
Fairfax County Becomes First School Division in Virginia to Officially Recognize...
Nice work last night by the Fairfax County School Board (see video, below) - the *all-Democratic* School Board, I might add. :) As Providence...
Video of Presentations; Speaker Filler-Corn Statement on House of Delegates Biennial...
See below for a press release from Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn's office, as well as some video (note: I'll add more as they upload to...
New Report Finds Significant “Disproportionality Among Black Student Suspensions Compared to...
This month's edition of the Virginia Department of Educations' Quarterly Research Bulletin - click here or see it embedded, below - looks at a...
Video: Fairfax County School Board Prioritizes Climate Action; Moves Towards Net-Zero...
The all-Democratic Fairfax County School Board, finally rid of negative value-added time-wasters like right-wing nutter Elizabeth Schultz, is busy getting good work done. See...
Prince William County School Board Unanimously Approves Resolution in Support of...
From Prince William County School Board Chair Babur Lateef:
For Immediate Release
Last night the Prince William County School Board unanimously approved a resolution to fully support Governor...
Governor Ralph Northam’s “Get a Skill, Get a Job, Give Back”...
by Adnan Bokhari, a member of Virginia’s State Board of Community Colleges since 2018 and the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of...
Video: Virginia Education Association’s “Fund Our Future” Rally in Richmond
It's a busy day at the Virginia Capitol today, including the Virginia Education Association's "Fund Our Future" rally. See below for some video, tweets,...
New Report on Student Loan Debt in Virginia: Over 1 Million...
See below for a new report - by a coalition of groups, including Progress Virginia and the Virginia Poverty Law Center - on student...
Video: “New [Fairfax County Public] Schools and Major Renovations Should be...
Great work by new Fairfax County School Board member Karl Frisch; every school system should be doing this! Also, Frisch mentioned that he'd be...
A Case for Repealing Virginia’s Ban on Public Sector Collective Bargaining:...
by Brian D. Teucke
Collective bargaining is a standard labor practice that allows labor unions to represent employees and negotiate the terms of employee contracts...