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The Republican Standard
- February 5, 2023
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School choice, abortion, critical race theory, education reform — all put on the backburner as Youngkin pushes for $1 billion in tax relief. So we finally shot down the Chinese spy satellite weather balloon. Interestingly enough, the Biden administration knew about the balloon and was prepared to let it go so as not to interrupt Secretary Blinken’s trip […]

Shaun Kenney is the Senior Editor for The Republican Standard. ...
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The Republican Standard
- January 10, 2023
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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 […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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The Republican Standard
- March 25, 2022
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Federal district judge Norman K. Moon has ruled with the families of 12 immunocompromised children, saying that they can request that their schools require other students to wear masks. The lawsuit was filed in February in response to newly elected Gov. Glenn Youngkin signing an executive order making coronavirus face masks optional in schools and the General […]

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The Republican Standard
- August 21, 2018
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The Department of Education is now seeing support being gathered for more school choice directives.

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The Republican Standard
- May 3, 2018
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Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to start pulling the federal government out of K-12 education. The move signals a delivery on one of his top campaign promises to return the control of schools back to state and local officials.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...