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- November 16, 2024
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Unthinkable Exit: Teacher Resigns After Disturbing Confrontation With Trump Fans

With extreme prejudice… An ex-special education teacher in Connecticut broke down in tears during a televised interview after stepping down from her position following threats she made against Trump supporters. Annie Dunleavy, a former educator, faced backlash after a video surfaced on social media in which she warned, “Please don’t test your gangster on me […]

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- October 2, 2024
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Virginia High School Teacher Ignites Firestorm With Pro-Hamas Classroom Lessons

A Hamas-supporting educator in Arlington County, Virginia is spreading these views in her English class. Shayma Al-Hanooti reportedly worked the Israel-Palestine conflict into her assignments. Emails obtained via public records request highlight Arlington Public Schools high school English teacher Shayma Al-Hanooti inserting the Israel-Palestine conflict into many aspects of classroom teaching ….An assignment due on January 25 was on the documentary […]

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- April 30, 2024
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DAVIS: Adult Literacy is a Growing Problem

Can you name the last book that you read? For about a quarter of Americans, if they can remember a title, it’s been more than a year since they’ve read it. According to a 2021 Pew Research survey, roughly a quarter of American adults—including 38 percent of Hispanic adults, 25 percent of Black adults and 20 percent of […]

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- November 22, 2023
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Roanoke Co. Official Files Federal Lawsuit Against School Leaders

The chair of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors has filed a federal lawsuit against local school officials. Republican Martha Hooker’s suit names three members of the county’s school board and its superintendent, Dr. Ken Nicely. Hooker, who worked part-time for the district, alleges she was wrongfully terminated by vindictive administrators. According to the suit, […]

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- February 14, 2023
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School Choice Proposals Fail in Virginia

Educational Savings Accounts just failed in the Virginia General Assembly. Four varied bills each failed at different stages in the legislature. This is not good, but it’s also not the end of the process toward school choice. ESAs, vouchers and other types of school choice have failed to become law in other states before now and […]

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- January 10, 2023
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Delegate Introduces Bill To Give Parents More Say In Education

Delegate Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach) has introduced a bill to create education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents that would receive a portion of state education funds; the money-follows-the-student bill is in line with long-sought Republican education goals. “This is about where our children should go to school,” Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears said at a Thursday […]

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- November 21, 2022
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Revisionist Historian Calls Out Youngkin’s Curriculum Proposals

The Youngkin Administration’s recent curriculum proposals were called out on MSNBC this weekend by 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah – Jones. While appearing on MSNBC’s “Velshi”, Hannah – Jones told the show’s fill-in host Maria Teresa Kumar, that ” Glenn Youngkin ran his campaign on this idea of teaching a more sanitized history that would […]

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- November 5, 2022
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Records Reveal Mixed Reviews of Virginia Education Policies

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After a legal battle, Governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration agreed to release about 350 emails from an education tip line the administration instituted early in the governor’s term. According to media reports, many of the emails were duplicates and some of the emails contained positive feedback about teachers. Still, others included criticism of virtual learning, anger […]

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- October 26, 2022
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Review Of School History and Social Science Standards May Be Delayed

Governor Glenn Youngkin said the administration will not be rushed in its review of new history and social science standards, criticizing the previous Democratic administration for lowering the bar in the draft Youngkin’s administration is now changing. In a press gaggle after a Monday release of National Assessment of Educational Progress scores that show declining […]

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- August 8, 2022
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Governor Glenn Youngkin Ceremonially Signs Legislation Investing in School Facilities Across the Commonwealth

Yesterday, Governor Glenn Youngkin participated in the official grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Mecklenburg County Middle School and High School, a best-in-class joint school made possible by the community. The Governor also ceremonially signed HB 563 sponsored by Deputy Majority Leader Israel O’Quinn, R-Washington, and SB 473 and SB 471 sponsored by Senator Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond. “These schools demonstrate how […]

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