Fairfax County Public Schools

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Fairfax County School Board, upholding the constitutionality of a new admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the new policy is meant to increase diversity at the school, but parents sued the school board and claimed the changes were discriminatory to Asian Americans.

A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.

Fairfax County Public Schools is trying to find out who sent an anonymous racist email targeting a former high school cheerleading coach.

Fairfax County Public Schools is trying to find out who sent an anonymous racist email targeting a former high school cheerleading coach. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on how parents armed themselves with knowledge to help keep dangerous drugs out of the hands of their children.

“We know that not everyone has the same financial standpoint, and that’s not what prom is really about,” said one Centreville High student. News4’s Lilian Mass reports.

A Northern Virginia woman who teaches children with learning disabilities was arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with a student, Fairfax County police say. Allieh Kheradmand, 33, teaches at James Madison High School in Vienna, police said. She was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of indecent liberties by a custodian after a student disclosed on Wednesday…

Months after the Virginia attorney general announced an investigation into how Fairfax County Public Schools notified students who received a national merit certificate, the school system is releasing results of its own third-party investigation. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A senior at Fairfax County Public Schools is a cast member in the Broadway revival of “Parade,” starring Ben Platt. News4’s Jummy Olabanji spoke to Sophia Manicone about making her Broadway dreams come true.

At one Fairfax County elementary school, parents are spending one evening a week in class learning what they can do to better help their kids succeed. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Just hours after a student suffered a possible overdose at Fairfax High School on Monday, the school district held a meeting with parents to discuss the school’s growing overdose problem.

Parents and school leaders search for solutions to the opioid crisis. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Virginia’s largest school system is removing a test question given to a college-level social studies class that equated liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender demographics. The question appeared on a test given to students of an AP Government class at Fairfax County Public Schools’ Online Campus. The multiple-choice question asked students to accurately identify liberals and conservatives. The...

A Fairfax County School Board member is pushing back after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin asked the state Department of Education to review a new AP African American studies course to see if it violates his ban on inherently divisive concepts in schools.

Virginia’s governor is asking the state’s Department of Education to review a new AP African American Studies course to see if it violates his ban on “inherently divisive concepts” in schools. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports there are plans to offer the new course in several Fairfax County public schools.

A Republican campaigning for a spot on the Fairfax County School Board is responding to claims he’s attacking the LGBTQ+ community by posing as the parent of a transgender child in a phone call to a local medical clinic.

A Republican campaigning for a spot on the Fairfax County School Board is responding to claims he’s attacking the LGBTQ+ community by posing as the parent of a transgender child in a phone call to a local medical clinic. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

A candidate running for the Fairfax County School Board is receiving criticism for a video he shared on social media of himself pretending to be a parent of a transgender child.

Republican Jeff Hoffmann, who is campaigning for a seat on the Fairfax County School Board, recorded himself lying about his identity on a call with the Inova Pride Clinic, seemingly in an attempt to draw connections between the school district and the clinic. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Virginia’s attorney general is expanding his investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools’ failure to notify students they had earned an academic award, saying the district might have violated the Virginia Human Rights Act. News4 previously reported the district failed to promptly notify families of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology students that they earned an academic award....