FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vowed to raise standards and performance in the state’s K-12 public schools after a new report highlighted declining academic achievement over fallen standards. He also pledged to improve transparency in education performance reporting and empower parents for student academic excellence. According to the new report by the state’s Department of…
Virginia Governor Vows to Address Sliding Education Performance and Lower Standards
Virginia Governor Issues Statement As Protesters Get Near Justice Alito’s Home
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on May 9 said authorities were working to make sure there wasn’t violence at the protests outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home. Dozens of protesters, including apparent members of the far-left Antifa network, went to Alito’s house in Fairfax. “When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do?” one…
Virginia Governor Issues Statement After Protesters Get Near Justice Alito’s Home
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on May 9 said authorities were working to make sure there wasn’t violence at the protests outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home. Dozens of protesters, including apparent members of the far-left Antifa network, went to Alito’s house in Fairfax. “When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do?” one…
Certain Schools in Virginia May Require Masks: Judge
Certain schools in Virginia may impose masking requirements despite a state law and executive order that bar such mandates, a federal judge ruled on March 23. Schools where students of parents who sued over the law and order can require masking, U.S. District Court Judge Norman Moon, a Clinton appointee, said in a 5-page preliminary injunction…
Virginia Set to Become First State to Adopt Law Allowing Parents to Review Sexually Explicit School Material
A Virginia bill (pdf) that requires schools to notify parents of sexually explicit content instructional materials and allows parents to review such content is heading to the desk of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, fulfilling one of his key campaign promises. If signed into law, the bill, which passed the state House on Feb. 28 and the…
Virginia Government Releases Report on Efforts to Combat Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
Virginia’s education department has released a 30-day report on actions to rescind programs, polices, and materials involving “discriminatory and divisive concepts,” such as critical race theory (CRT). “The concepts have become widespread in the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and in Virginia school divisions and we will need to proactively review policies, practices, and pedagogies…
Virginia Governor Signs Law to Ensure Parents’ Right to Opt Out of School Mask Mandates
February 16, 2022
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Under a law signed on Feb. 16 by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, public school districts in the commonwealth will have to allow parents to decide whether their child wears a mask at school. “Children have not only suffered learning loss, they have suffered relationship loss,” Youngkin said at a ceremony outside Virginia’s Capitol building. “Now…
Democrat-Controlled Virginia Senate Passes Bill to Ban Mask Mandate in Schools
The Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate on Feb. 8 passed a bill to make masks optional in schools. The move comes as a January executive order to the same effect has been challenged by lawsuits, and resisted by dozens of school districts across the state. The bill, introduced by Democratic state Sen. Chap Petersen, would bar school…
Despite Mounting Resistance, Virginia’s Youngkin Charges Forward With Ambitious Agenda
After eight years, Virginia has a Republican governor again. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a former business executive with no political experience, secured victory last November off the back of a campaign that emphasized parents’ rights, tax cuts, and law and order. In particular, it was parents growing increasingly concerned about the transmission of critical race theory…
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Face Off in Virginia: Students Unmask, Suffer School Board’s Wrath
While more and more states and districts are dropping COVID restrictions, others are doubling down. Loudoun County, Virginia is one of them. That’s where a battle is raging between state-level directives and the will of the local school board—and kids are bearing the brunt of it. On his first day in office last month, Governor…