Governor’s Call to Action Benefits More Than a Quarter-million Virginia College Students Today, Governor Glenn Youngkin released the following statement on George Mason University’s decision to keep tuition flat for in-state students: “Today, George Mason University joined the 14 other public college and university boards, which serve more than a quarter-million undergraduate college students in Virginia, […]

Few Virginia schools lost full accreditation from the state this year despite significant learning losses during the pandemic revealed by standardized tests, according to data released on Thursday by the Virginia Department of Education. Data show that the number of fully accredited schools in Virginia dropped from 92% in 2019-20 to 89% for the 2022-23 school year. […]

Author and local teacher, Valerie D. Johnson, is thrilled to announce the release of her new children’s book, 1 2 3 Count with Me on Granddad’s Farm, which was written to ignite a love of math in all children. Since its August 2022 release, the book has ranked #1 in two of Amazon Kindle children’s categories: […]

Amid K-12 teacher shortages, book bans and attacks over critical race theory, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona at a meeting with reporters on Wednesday stressed the need for higher salaries to attract prospective educators to the profession. Cardona also touted the Biden administration’s recent student debt relief announcement in late August. The White House said President Joe Biden will cancel […]

Teacher advocates raise concerns over teacher pay, highly politicized working environments Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive directive on Thursday that aims to address teacher shortages in Virginia through strategies that include hiring retired educators and targeting recruitment and retention efforts toward communities most in need. His directive comes as the nation and Virginia face shortages of teachers due […]

For more than 40 years, the idea of collective bargaining in Virginia was simply that: a pipe dream. As of Wednesday night, however, the dream has come one step closer to reality as the Prince William County School Board voted 7-1 to pass a collective bargaining resolution. What this means is that the resolution will […]

Today Governor Glenn Youngkin received the Department of Education’s report “Our Commitment to Virginians: High Expectations and Excellence for All Students.” The education report builds upon Governor Youngkin’s direction in Executive Order One issued on his first day in office. The Governor affirmed his guiding principles to address troubling data trends and outlined policy recommendations […]

Back in 2020, the PW Perspective featured Barbara Rose Johns, who as a teenager, helped to organize a strike that led to the desegregation of public schools in Prince Edward County. Now, the school that she helped to integrate is finally getting recognized for its place in history, as well as other educational institutions. The […]