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They are all children of immigrants.

Virginia’s SOL scores, school attendance rates show modest improvement The state’s “All In” program is credited with helping school divisions raise test scores, but the funding ends after the current school year.

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August 19, 2025 Back to School Edition Intro - Back to School 2025-26 from Cheryl Binkley In the News - Marianne Burke Featured in Blue Virginia Vanessa Hall Featured on DC News Now Blogs US Dept of Education Threate...

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The Facts Are Clear, as Is the Choice for Virginia’s Next Attorney General: Jason Miyares Has Repeatedly Misused His Office and Pushed an Extreme Right-Wing Agenda; Jay Jones Is Committed to Upholding... by Marianna Burke of the VA Grassroots Coalition What happens when the chief legal officer of Virginia – the person sworn to uphold the law – breaks it, undermines the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions,...

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Logo of the Fund Our Schools Coalition - the words "Fund Our Schools" next to an outline of the State of Virginia in several shades of blue and teal

Hello and welcome to our Bluesky! You can learn more about our coalition on our website: www.fundourschoolsva.org

You can see our priorities for the 2025 Virginia legislative session here: www.fundourschoolsva.org/2025-legisla...

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Image from JLARC presentation shows 63% of districts had no removals, while 36% of the 344 removals actions occurred in Hanover County, with another 17% in Rockingham, 10% in Goochland, 7% in Madison, and 6% in Spotsylvania.

List of books that have been removed includes Gender Queer (7), Tilt (6), Identical (5), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (5), plus numerous other books 4 times each.

According to mandated JLARC study (2024 @marcussimon.com resolution) on school book censorship, the book removals are concentrated in a small number of (hyperpartisan?) school districts, who mostly claim to be wrongly interpreting the recent law as giving them that authority.

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This is just sick.

via @ktla.com: Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon

The ‘big, beautiful’ fight over school choice ends with escape clause for blue states Republicans quietly passed a first-of-its-kind national school choice program in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” but celebration among advocates was tempered after the Se…

Republicans quietly passed a first-of-its-kind national school choice program in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” but celebration among advocates was tempered after the Senate added a provi...

A photo of people at a rally holding up pro-public school funding signs above text that reads "School Funding Town Hall: Join us for an in-person town hall meeting in Richmond to learn more bout the fight for fully and fairly funded public schools in Virginia and how to get engaged. Richmond: Tuesday, July 15, 6:30pm at Firefly Hall: 3865 Mastin Ln."

Our Town Hall event in Richmond is one week away - we hope to see you there!

Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Devastate Public Schools The budget package currently includes a private school voucher program funded through tax breaks.

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The 4th of July: My Country Tis of WE The Fourth of July commemorates the day a group of ordinary people turned radicals risked everything to break from tyranny and chart a course for a nation governed by the people. This holiday isn’t ab...

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Sens. Warner, Kaine accuse Trump administration of illegally withholding $108 million from Virginia K-12 schools
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The U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules to Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities - Education Law Center The U.S. Supreme Court, in AJT v. Osseo, overturned a longstanding, problematic Eighth Circuit Court precedent that required...

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June 6, 2025 Graduation Edition Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Class of 2025 The Federal Scene Call to Action: Ask your Senators to Reject H.R. 1 US Department of Education Loses at Court and in Senate Hea...

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Augusta County: John Scott to Samuel Hunt, March 17, 1866 — Letters — The Valley of the Shadow John Scott begins his missive to Samuel Hunt by acknowledging that he is a bad speller. He apologizes for his imperfections, but he maintains that his frustrations with spelling make him even more eag...

Day 2 of #teacherappreciationweek 🍎 Found this 1866 gem in the Valley of the Shadow archives, educator John Scott in 🗺️ Augusta Co, VA: valley.newamericanhistory.org/letters/A7114

The rush to vouchers is neither a mass movement of parents nor a tidal wave of history. It’s just an ongoing demand for a garden variety special interest subsidy that happens to be backed by some of the wealthiest people on the planet. Things change, and they will again."

In spite of the push to vouchers, Josh Cowen's latest newsletter has an accurate perspective:
"All of this means that right-wing billionaires don’t always win—even when it comes to their GOP allies. It’s possible to delay and even stop the so-called inevitable.

May 6, 2025 Teacher Appreciation Week Can Teacher Appreciation Week Compensate for 2025? The Federal Scene Scrambling Public Education: What will Happen in the Next 100 Days? US Department of Education Demands "A...

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U.S. Department of Education launches discrimination investigation into District 65 U.S. Department of Education to investigate District 65 policies The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into Evanston/Skokie School District 65 over alleged discrimination in its policies Thursday.  According to a DOE press release, the investig...

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National ranking shows despite hike, Virginia teachers’ pay is stagnant compared to other states • Virginia Mercury From last year to now, Virginia raised teacher pay by an average of $3,000. Still, the commonwealth’s average pay rate for educators remains stagnant compared to other states, according to the latest ...

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Trump’s Insane War on Science Since Trump invited Elon Musk and his DOGE team to cut the federal budget, the federal government has been subject to a bloodbath of firings, layoffs, and closed agencies. Some of the most shocking…

Trump's Insane War on Science - We can understand why Kennedy wants to destroy science: it has an annoying tendency to undercut his pet conspiracy theories: but the American President? dianeravitch.net/2025/04/29/t... via @dianeravitch #PoliticalSuicide

Smithsonian disputes claims that artifacts being removed from African American History Museum EDITOR’S NOTE- This story has been updated to reflect more accurately information about the situation and includes a response and details from the Smithsonian. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) &#8212…

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These 2 Virginia universities join 220 higher-ed leaders condemning federal overreach
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Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to College Campuses—Not Peaceful Student Protesters "The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."

We have to pay attention and address this. www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-sh...

As Trump Guts Support for Disabled Students, Their Families Are Fighting Back Disability rights advocates are filing lawsuits as students, teachers and parents organize to protect education.

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Demanding the Impossible Explore why the federal government is demanding impossible when they try to eliminate DEI in public education. This is the 21st century, and the reality is our schools are diverse because our student ...

In the U.S. 62 million people are of Hispanic heritage. There are almost 40 million people who identify as bi-racial, and that's only one aspect of Diversity. Denying Diversity is denying reality. www.4publiceducation.org/post/demandi...