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- August 16, 2024
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Photos posted to social media show a dumpster and cardboard boxes filled with books being discarded by a public college in Florida.

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- August 12, 2024
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Neighbors discovered a Montgomery County elementary school in Maryland and a nearby building were vandalized over the weekend.

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- April 28, 2022
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Governor Glenn Youngkin announced $6.5 million in funding to support a digital mapping project of public schools for use by administration and first responders in emergencies. In the Monday evening announcement, Youngkin also touted his recent approval of Delegate Rob Bell’s (R-Albemarle) HB 741, which requires detailed floor plans to be included in already required public school […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- April 17, 2022
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When schools pivoted to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the first casualty was kids’ mental health. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed teenagers’ mental health from January 2021 to June 2021. Compared with 2019, the study found that the proportion of mental health–related emergency department visits in 2020 increased […]

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- April 17, 2022
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The Fairfax County Public School Board selected Dr. Michelle Reid to serve as the new superintendent, replacing Dr. Scott Brabrand. “Dr. Reid is focused on academic achievement and outcomes for every student in our Fairfax community. She has previously demonstrated the highest professional standards when it comes to leading a school district and a proven […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- April 15, 2022
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A school board in Montgomery County deemed the “Pray for Peace” shirts that the student-athletes were wearing in support of Ukraine, too “political” and “religious.” Blacksburg High School Lacrosse Captain Elise Levison and her mother Clare Levison are fighting back against the school boards ruling. In an interview with Fox and Friends, the explain: “The […]

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- April 8, 2022
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A new lawsuit from Center for Applied Innovation, LLC (CAI) is claiming that the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is violating the governor’s orders and is suing the school. The Lawsuit alleges that VMI’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training through NewPoint is considered to be critical race theory (CRT), and is in direct violation of Governor […]

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- March 21, 2019
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Schools may now begin earlier, but no more than 14 days before Labor Day.

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- October 2, 2018
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Referencing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the 63-year-old landmark Brown II case, State Senator Bill Stanley (R-Franklin) is looking to form legislation next session to direct Virginia to provide schools that are “fully modernized or maintained as seemingly required,” by the U.S. Constitution.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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- April 18, 2018
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As lawmakers are back in Richmond to deal with Medicaid expansion, the lack of school funding will also become a budgetary discussion.

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