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The Virginia Beach School Board approved a policy amendment related to the review of "sexually explicit content in schools."

The issue over parental rights in school was championed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin during his campaign for governor in 2021 and has only intensified since then.

The issue over parental rights in school was championed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin during his campaign for governor in 2021 and has only intensified since then.

As battles flare across Hampton Roads, here are some answers about what critical race theory is — and what’s behind the political war that has engulfed American schools.

"Just because you may have not liked the words I used does not make them threatening," she said. "I exercised my right just as everyone else exercised their rights."

The Virginia Beach School Board was notified of an alleged sexual assault in a bathroom at First Colonial High School last month. This email promoted the division to launch an investigation but without the name of the source of the information or any official reports filed with the school, officials are at a standstill.

Parents and students were upset that a Virginia Beach school board member’s comments targeted a much-needed educational program, but supporters of her say she meant no harm.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin promised parents he would eliminate critical race theory in schools, a term that has become a framework for anything controversial. But some are raising concerns that it’s an attempt to roll back progressive efforts to provide Virginia K-12 students with an equitable, inclusive education.

Virginia Beach School Board votes down effort to make mask-wearing optional next fall Sara Gregory, The Virginian-Pilot © Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot Shay Coleman speaks during public at a Virginia Beach School Board meeting at the Virginia Beach School Administration Office on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The board voted against a resolution Tuesday that would make indoor and outdoor mask-wearing optional if the state does not require them. The Virginia Beach School Board vo...

Sara Gregory, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot Nothing has ever ravaged classrooms worse than the COVID-19 virus, but the most impassioned discourse in American education right now has nothing to do with the pandemic. Instead, as the leader of Hampton Roads’ largest school district put it, a panic over lessons on so-called “critical race theory” is dominating the public’s attention. “All this noise is starting to drown out the ‘why’ of our work as edu...