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- August 16, 2024
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Florida College Trashes Loads of DEI Books

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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Bethesda School Vandalized With ‘Disturbing’ Phrases

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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Youngkin Announces First Responders Support Funds

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 […]

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- April 17, 2022
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CDC Study: Remote Learning Hurt Kids’ Mental Health

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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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Fairfax Schools Picks New Superintendent in Process that Frustrated Conservatives and Progressives

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 […]

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- April 15, 2022
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Virginia School Board Bars Team From Wearing Support Shirts for Ukraine

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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Lawsuit Says Critical Race Theory Is Being Illegally Taught at Virginia College

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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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‘Kings Dominion Law’ Struck Down, Virginia Schools Will Open Before Labor Day

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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Republican State Senator May Carry Bill In 2019 To Modernize Virginia’s Crumbling Schools

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.

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- April 18, 2018
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Lack Of School Funding Overshadowed By Medicaid Expansion

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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.

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