Opinion: Commentary: Creating More Equitable Admissions Policies for Magnet Schools
We need more equitable admissions practices in what are called “Governor’s Schools.” Earlier this month, Gov. Ralph Northam appointed me to a task...
Opinion: Commentary: The Path to Marijuana Legalization
The prohibition of marijuana in America has clearly failed. After six hard years of building support, educating colleagues, and workshopping legisl...
At the Crossroads
The threadbare Franklin and Armfield office on Duke Street stands at the crossroads between racial injustice and economic crisis. It’s a ramshack...
Fairfax County Pivots Back to Virtual Learning
Members of the Fairfax County School Board reached a consensus during its July 21 Work Session and accepted Superintendent Scott Brabrand's recomme...
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Opinion: Commentary: Creating More Equitable Admissions Policies for Magnet Schools
We need more equitable admissions practices in what are called “Governor’s Schools.”
Opinion: Commentary: The Path to Marijuana Legalization
The prohibition of marijuana in America has clearly failed.
At the Crossroads
Lawmakers to slash the state budget and consider criminal-justice reforms.
The threadbare Franklin and Armfield office on Duke Street stands at the crossroads between racial injustice and economic crisis. It’s a ramshackle building now, but it was once the headquarters for the largest domestic slave trading firm in the United States, present at the creation of the systemic racism that plagues Virginia cops and courts. It’s also the city’s latest acquisition, and the state budget was to include $2.5 million to help transform it into the Freedom House Museum. But then the pandemic hit, and the governor hit the pause button on that line item as well as all the other spending priorities of the new Democratic majorities in the House and Senate.
Fairfax County Pivots Back to Virtual Learning
Superintendent sought Board consensus.
Members of the Fairfax County School Board reached a consensus during its July 21 Work Session and accepted Superintendent Scott Brabrand's recommendation to begin the 2020-21 school year 100 percent virtually.
Terraced Garden Becomes a Natural Escape
Springfield backyard brings batches of beans, cucumbers and science lessons.
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