{"id":4573,"date":"2025-09-15T14:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4573"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:46:14","slug":"vassp-member-update-september-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4573","title":{"rendered":"VASSP Member Update, September 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State Articles of Interest&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/arlington-literacy-public-schools-launches-new-pilot-program-parent-push-reading-skills-northern-virginia-school-education-challenge-improve-scores-data-mentorship-hoffman-boston-long-branch-elementary-language-students\">Arlington Public Schools launches new pilot program after parent push<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsls.com\/news\/local\/2025\/09\/08\/rcps-leaders-report-early-success-with-new-high-school-cell-phone-policy-parents-teachers-weigh-in\/\">RCPS Leaders Report Early Success with New High School Cell Phone Policy \u2014 Parents, Teachers Weigh In<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavy.com\/news\/education\/back-to-school\/covid-babies-are-now-in-kindergarten-how-norfolk-public-schools-prepared-for-them\/\">COVID babies are now in kindergarten; how Norfolk Public Schools prepared for them | <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wavy.com\">WAVY.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arlnow.com\/2025\/09\/05\/aps-seeks-to-help-more-students-earn-college-degrees-while-in-high-school\/\">APS seeks to help more students earn college degrees while in high school | <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/arlnow.com\">ARLnow.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Articles of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/energy-department-withdraws-controversial-title-ix-athletics-direct-final-rule\/760061\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202025-09-15%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:76821%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">Energy Department withdraws controversial Title IX athletics rule | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/09\/nx-s1-5526918\/nations-report-card-scores-reading-math-science-education-cuts?utm_source=npr_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=20250914&amp;utm_term=10349934&amp;utm_campaign=ed&amp;utm_id=67133485&amp;orgid=356&amp;uniquet=Ictb8Ndwiky0m3aOwbWcvA&amp;utm_att1=\">NAEP results<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/house-committee-cut-federal-education-Title-I-special-education\/759722\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20K-12%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2009-13-2025&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive%20Weekender\">House panel approves 26% cut to Title I funding for FY26 | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/increase-in-special-education-complaints-parents-school-dispute-resolution\/759435\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20K-12%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2009-13-2025&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive%20Weekender\">States struggle with increase in special education complaints | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/lawsuit-ICE-DHS-immigration-raid-policy-schools-nea-aft\/759968\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202025-09-12%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:76754%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">Educators join lawsuit challenging Trump policy after \u2018violent ICE enforcement\u2019 | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/justice-department-pamela-bondi-memo-fbi-school-administrators-parental-rights-abusive\/759815\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202025-09-11%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:76739%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">DOJ to crack down on \u2018rise in abusive conduct\u2019 against parents | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.k12dive.com\/news\/2024-science-reading-math-naep-results-12th-grade-analysis\/759688\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Issue:%202025-09-10%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:76686%5D&amp;utm_term=K-12%20Dive\">5 takeaways from another round of disappointing NAEP results | K-12 Dive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOE Updates<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>VDOE Virginia Literacy Act Updates<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>This year, school divisions will continue to implement the requirements of <a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?b3v1xXnpZLXAOzub4rQhmUmgb1xSBeYMk3Pp86sLc8qhw8SYJwCdJg6begKKOvI0pvTzmyEqmkeBqRKHBK_uaj7x6RvrMS7sZxL2dvBZGLTM3Ez_0NHTodF7EShw7BgobTt6kBnuT83uIyUBIREaLeZ9p9B0478b41TvzaoiQ_hBn5wh4eOLGWb_aG5v8jrpMiCtPD-WRnnnDXSPz1NA8uWH8HgB3YH_gsFqi4pKddJf-vv26KOIhR-hQ15EwYkJMsz2VlJuCHYhsglWBKJbU5pSf3YxaJ-62ZK93Tcx__tSYxahwMx4QFm8BdMoAs-cMIkfloc5bsljIrhFfW41SjA~~\">Virginia Literacy?Act<\/a>?by expanding literacy supports and interventions in Grades 4-8. To support the continued implementation, VDOE?has?released?an?extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?bEQP6u8irgUZeZS_COssk8IBklW012wxB0_E6NMTLyUbi5-pPrqBuWqppvuvHs_g7guxrPo4Ea8cB9Fu3Jsl9KBdwtHTHe0sa_4qPGH6DbfJpZaCQQJb0yZ_rIO7woqqAROL8siprS1c1MDI_W3AZIsP-MdxJnaCbc_GCFbhSq4QQzUiSvoYYXpHoFNsgV0BZlLqherJy18oVwQRwG9iqLegonxahCV7xjRiGN0CVzXYpPK6OVthcJmlgpai6yq2l-hSOMFzeEuoWimLKjO5jOUIAy-Oqyr2ZCeN2VCUxezk~\">Literacy Update<\/a>. The updates will be released on a quarterly basis to provide school divisions with just-in-time support. Educators at the elementary and middle school levels are encouraged to read more about these updates from <a href=\"https:\/\/url.emailprotection.link\/?bLUjarlx8ueuV5GRGYV7O2EreYQ_Nn8REvILcc9EYOYA4klgr6QtHbSeEk-swP5sl80d4bO-edfrAoZWLeDF-l4kpbS3imdx3u5t07XincC0a5MhgtvhOktI7BGrvT0jMU8No7Iy1TJ73V2jqju8V0QG7xvKMFDPrl7FJ1gAN86wfIjQGNs2FrmekXKQXIWWM7J3jA0l5PwTEaL1AqfaHy_kCI8AsVKdx4AK7iXY2HPW1Sg-_fEYcATW_W8MNBTkbV-ONkP4WqPaAUsdYY2KR95eEft2I_qbYBrfEgGD8kaU~\">VDOE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Articles of Interest&nbsp; Arlington Public Schools launches new pilot program after parent push RCPS Leaders Report Early Success with New High School Cell Phone Policy \u2014 Parents, Teachers Weigh In COVID babies are now in kindergarten; how Norfolk Public Schools prepared for them | WAVY.com APS seeks to help more students earn college degrees &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/?p=4573\">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-4573","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\/4573","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=4573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.vassp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}