VASCD Policy Update: ICYMI

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Outstanding Educators for Virginia's Students: We must elevate the profession and and champion "autonomy with integrity" from policy to the practitioner.
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VASCD's Advocacy Work

ICYMI

The Virginia Social Studies Leaders Consortium (VSSLC), the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (VASCD), and the American Historical Association (AHA) collaborated to share their collective knowledge, experience, and expertise to submit comprehensive and professionally reviewed standards that address the request made by the Virginia Board of Education (VBOE) at the November 17, 2022 Board meeting. Click the button below to access the full document including our Executive Summary, Introduction with Preface and Guiding Principles, and the Collaborative Standards.

PROPOSED COLLABORATIVE STANDARDS

Response to Our Release

Read the articles published in the Richmond-Times Dispatch and Virginia Mercury regarding our release. Additionally, we've included the Virginia Mercury's coverage of the Commission on Civic Education's endorsement of our standards along with a letter to VBOE from the Commission's Chair, Delegate VanValkenburg.

Virginia Mercury Article

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/12/20/three-education-groups-propose-alternate-virginia-history-standards/

Richmond-Times Dispatch Article

https://richmond.com/news/local/education/vdoe-to-release-new-version-of-k-12-history-standards-this-week/article_3b8ea84b-0971-5ff0-9db7-6dc7d786b307.html

Virginia Mercury's Article Covering the Endorsement from the Commission on Civics Education

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/12/21/civic-education-commission-endorses-alternate-virginia-history-standards/

Delegate VanValkenburg's Letter to VBOE

Schuyler VanValkenburg on Twitter: "Today, on behalf of the Civics Commission, I sent a letter to the Board of Education expressing our disappointment with the way the History SOL Standards have been handled and hoping that they will adopt the recommendations made by the @AHAhistorians @VASCD and @theVaSSLC. pic.twitter.com/ltD66SYxt4"

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