EdReform Virginia

"Loudoun County Public Schools has begun a 'strategic hiring pause,' Superintendent Aaron Spence said at a School Board meeting on Tuesday." MORE: tinyurl.com/yrstcsxa via @LoudounNow

"Charter schools, magnet schools, virtual schools, and public schools accepting students across traditional attendance boundaries could all become part of a more flexible educational marketplace," Derrick Max writes. tinyurl.com/3e7vt4a2

"All schools in the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools division were closed on Tuesday due to potential safety concerns reported by law enforcement, and they will remain closed through Wednesday, October 28." MORE: tinyurl.com/4wrdbsn4 via @WSLS

"Our K-12 system really has had an open door for foreign and malign actors to come directly in and work with our kids," @FDD's Brandy Shufutinsky told @HeartlanderNews. tinyurl.com/2uab4sx5

"Using videos can make children more engaged, but that doesn't mean they're learning," writes @JohnnyRansom007. tinyurl.com/3cfuwt87

"U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon doubled down on closing the Department of Education," @JoshuaQNelson reports. MORE: tinyurl.com/5xrth5jw via @FoxNews

"Richmond Public Schools in Virginia are forced offline after hackers deface teachers' laptops with ransom demands and threaten to leak an unknown amount of sensitive data," @StefSchappert reports. MORE: tinyurl.com/4m37s98s via @Cybernews

"The Supreme Court will hear oral argument early next year in Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education," Amy Howe reports. MORE: tinyurl.com/5fvckk7v via @SCOTUSblog

"Despite multiple years of declining enrollment, Virginia's largest district is scrambling to adapt staffing mid-year after overestimating the number of students attending in 2026," @HeartlanderNews reports. tinyurl.com/bdcnmd32

"Right now, public school districts in Northern Virginia are seeing student enrollment drop across the board," @NickMinock reports. MORE: tinyurl.com/3r8e26ke via @7NewsDC

A Salvadoran national, accused of selling fentanyl linked to school overdoses in Loudoun County, is now facing removal from the United States. tinyurl.com/yb6eaz6k

"LCSO identified Melendez-Carranza as a suspected dealer connected to overdoses involving students at Park View High School in May." MORE: tinyurl.com/5x2wftus via @WUSA9

Federal authorities will "hold accountable any school or college that violates the rights, privacy, or athletic opportunities of our women and girls," @EdSecMcMahon said today. FULL STORY: tinyurl.com/mvnj7mjm

At last week’s meeting of the Fairfax County School Board, members heard a blistering video testimony from @IWF's Stephanie Lundquist-Arora regarding the high salaries of 71 senior administrators. 🔥 tinyurl.com/5dfs7d5s