VEA speaks out in support of 'equity in education'

Educators, community leaders, and clergy from around Virginia gathered in Richmond on Tuesday to speak out against what they called Governor Glenn Youngkin's recent attacks on equity in education. His administration rescinded a series of policies, memos, and other resources related to diversity, equity, and inclusion that it characterized as “discriminatory and divisive concepts” in the state's public education system. He also made is a campaign promise to stop the teaching of Critical Race Theory in Virginia schools.