{"id":4538,"date":"2025-03-03T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:40:52","slug":"vassp-member-update-march-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4538","title":{"rendered":"VASSP Member Update, March 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

State Articles of Interest <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarke County School Board OKs 2025-26 school calendar | Winchester Star | thefnp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairfax County 5th graders help make being the new kid less daunting – WTOP News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loudoun County Public Schools launches new GED program in Adult Detention Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Assembly passes bill giving schools more say on classroom phone rules \u2022 Virginia Mercury<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Articles of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are schools \u2018soft censoring\u2019 books out of fear? | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special education enrollment climbs to nearly 8M | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns mount over potential loss of Medicaid funds for schools<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How will cutting NAEP for 17-year-olds impact postsecondary readiness research? | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFT sues Education Department over anti-DEI guidance | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education Department approves more ARP spending extensions for districts | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can school leaders do to ensure \u2018floating teachers\u2019 feel supported? | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Philadelphia is putting 9th graders on track to success | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOE Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VDOE English Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 27, 2025, the Virginia Board of Education will receive for initial review lists of recommended Virginia Literacy Act Supplemental and Intervention Programs for Grades 6-8. Beginning February 20, 2025, the recommended 6-8 Supplemental and Intervention Programs will be available for a 30-day public review and comment period via the VDOE website. It is anticipated that the Board will take final action on the recommended lists of Virginia Literacy Act Supplemental and Intervention Programs for Grades 6-8 at its March 2025 meeting.?? Additional information is available at?Intervention Instructional Program Guide & Supplemental Instructional Program Guide | Virginia Department of Education<\/a> webpage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New English Standards of Learning<\/em> Resources Available from VDOE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New resources to support English teaching and learning have been released and are located on the 2024 English Standards of Learning<\/a> webpage. The K-12 English Instructional Guides provide support to English and literacy educators as they implement the 2024 English Standards of Learning<\/em>.  This week your school division’s literacy leaders attended a webinar with an overview of the 2024 English Standards of Learning. <\/em>Recordings and resources will be posted on the 2024 English Standards of Learning<\/a> webpage as they become available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resources from Zearn<\/strong>Zearn\u2019s<\/a> K-8 math platform supports Virginia educators to accelerate math learning for all students with free access for all divisions in the Commonwealth. Find out more about Zearn\u2019s downloadable posters<\/a>, webinar<\/a>, and resources.  Free access to Zearn includes the K-8 math platform offering more than 1,000 digital lessons, training for educators, and materials to support families and resources. Families can also use Zearn at no cost. Virginia educators (both current and new users) who would like to participate for the 2025-26 school year should reach out to their school or division leads to indicate their interest. Division leaders who are ready to opt in should contact Zearn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

State Articles of Interest  Clarke County School Board OKs 2025-26 school calendar | Winchester Star | thefnp.com Fairfax County 5th graders help make being the new kid less daunting – WTOP News Loudoun County Public Schools launches new GED program in Adult Detention Center General Assembly passes bill giving schools more say on classroom phone … <\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4539,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions\/4539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}