“Virginia: History, Government, Geography,” a mid-20th century textbook, included this chapter titled “How the Negroes Lived under Slavery.”
Jillian Balow, Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction, talked with Daniel Gecker, president of the state’s Board of Education in August ahead of a meeting at the James Monroe Building in downtown Richmond.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke in May about a state Department of Education report that found “alarming” trends in Virginia’s K-12 performance. Seated (from left) are: Acting Diversity Opportunity and Inclusion Officer Rosa Atkins, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera.
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Mitch Chan, right, of Hamkae Center, leads participants during a gathering to oppose VDOE’s new draft of K-12 history standards near the James Monroe building in Richmond on Nov. 17.
Eugenicist Walter Plecker, the first registrar of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, sought to erase Virginia Indians out of existence with a bureaucrat’s stroke during the first half of the 20th century.
Jillian Balow, Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction, talked with Daniel Gecker, president of the state’s Board of Education in August ahead of a meeting at the James Monroe Building in downtown Richmond.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke in May about a state Department of Education report that found “alarming” trends in Virginia’s K-12 performance. Seated (from left) are: Acting Diversity Opportunity and Inclusion Officer Rosa Atkins, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera.
Mitch Chan, right, of Hamkae Center, leads participants during a gathering to oppose VDOE’s new draft of K-12 history standards near the James Monroe building in Richmond on Nov. 17.
