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"The Loudoun County School Board has approved a contract extension and a $38,500 raise for Superintendent Aaron Spence," @PLewisNews reports. MORE: tinyurl.com/mpw2kpha via @LoudounNow
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"Newly released data from America's longest-running measure of student learning have delivered a decidedly split verdict on the state of schools." MORE: tinyurl.com/yzv4frzk via @The74
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250 years ago today, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted by the Virginia Constitutional Convention. Written by George Mason, this document would be copied by other colonies and would form the basis for the Bill of Rights.
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"Transgender women should be allowed in women's spaces," @LoudounSupe told @RepBobOnder at Wednesday's congressional hearing. MORE: tinyurl.com/yvur4hnv via @7NewsDC
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On June 11, 1776, 250 years ago today, the Committee of Five was appointed by the Second Continental Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence!
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Rush Revere and Liberty are back to celebrate the 250th birthday of our miraculous country!
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"The Trump administration is considering a top-to-bottom overhaul of a decades-old federal program that pays for public school internet," @SusanFerrechio reports. tinyurl.com/ywshnedj
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"A Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) teacher who admits to political activism in her classroom and defying school board policies is now using school resources to lobby Congress," Victoria Manning writes. MORE: tinyurl.com/yshrsxds via @NewsRestoration
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"Three people employed by Fairfax County Public Schools were arrested this week for different crimes at local schools, including one case of allegedly inappropriate behavior with a student." MORE: tinyurl.com/455946nw via @FFXnow
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"Today, more than 90% of schools don't mandate entrance exams, according to FairTest." MORE: tinyurl.com/ye22am44 via @WashTimes
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ICYMI: "A two-day law enforcement presence at Swanson Middle School is renewing scrutiny of how incidents are disclosed to families, drawing attention to a years-long history of vague administrative disclosures." tinyurl.com/d9zkhhmd
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"Test-required admission standards have always been the most nondiscriminatory method to select prospective students," the @WashTimes editorial board writes. tinyurl.com/5wjrj95u
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"When union strength is measured against test scores, the trend confirms what reformers have argued for years: The stronger the union, the harder it is to change anything." tinyurl.com/mtrs7zp8
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"As America approaches its 250th birthday, we should ask ourselves a simple question: What kind of country do we want to leave behind for the next generation?" @RepAbeHamadeh writes. MORE: tinyurl.com/mknmu7tx via @WashTimes
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"The U.S. SenateĀ held a committeeĀ hearingĀ Wednesday onĀ theĀ debateĀ over transgender treatments for minors," @ReadTheLion's Elaine Kutas reports. tinyurl.com/mrx2nrz8
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"Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Aaron Spence will testify on Capitol Hill on June 10 at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and Workforce," @PLewisNews reports. MORE: tinyurl.com/3j8vemhc via @LoudounNow
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LOCAL IMPACT: EdNews Virginia's latest investigative journalism was featured in ARLnow's 'Morning Notes' LINK: tinyurl.com/4zwvv6dn via @ARLnowDOTcom
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To date, the school principal has declined to explain what prompted the multi-day police response or why it required the extended law enforcement presence on April 30. tinyurl.com/d9zkhhmd
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