Equity
Alert! Fairfax School Board Plans to Scrap Long-Standing Policy of Objectivity
The Fairfax County School Board will vote on October 20 to undercut the school system’s long-standing policy requiring teachers to be objective and neutral when addressing controversial issues in the classroom. An effort was made at the School Board’s October 6 meeting to ram through a “Truthful Education” resolution by adding it to the agenda…
Read MoreNew “Equity Policy” for Fairfax Schools
The Fairfax County School Board began to develop an “anti-racism, anti-bias” policy in 2020. The process seemed to take a back seat to other initiatives in 2021. Now, however, the proposal is being revived, renamed as an “equity policy.” The planned scope of the policy, and the process for drafting and considering it, was discussed…
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