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- On Thursday, Youngkin and more than 30 higher education officials, surrounded by children and teens from Virginia schools, touted the need for “innovation” in K-12 education in Virginia. “We stand together because we know there is an opportunity for us to innovate in K-12 education,” the governor said during the event at the Patrick Henry Building.
- “Through partnerships with colleges and universities and their local school divisions, we can create learning environments that engage students in hands-on learning,” Youngkin said in a news conference. “Let’s think outside the box. … We are not defining the solution but opening up all available avenues to be innovative."
- The president of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, which has a campus in Henrico, said at Thursday’s event that Reynolds and its sister institutions the Virginia Community College System welcome the opportunity to deliver more high school programs that address the workforce needs of the commonwealth, especially for students in underserved communities.
- “It’s about providing access to a quality education and making sure that the opportunities that we have provided so many in Virginia are available to every single one,” said Amy Guidera, Virginia Secretary of Education.
- To achieve his goal of creating 20 new lab schools, Gov. Youngkin is backing a bill that would eliminate certain restrictions that prohibit the expansion of some lab schools in Virginia. And the governor’s lab school plan would require the Virginia Board of Education to give “substantial preference” to historically black colleges and universities to establish lab schools in underserved communities. The bills are House Bill 346 and Senate Bill 598. “I don’t care if you call them lab schools or charter schools,” Gov. Youngkin said. “It’s time for us to innovate K-12 education.”
- “Education is the gateway to opportunity. An educated Virginian has a limitless future. And we are about creating future opportunities for every young Virginian. Reestablishing expectations of excellence, funding in the largest education budget, investing in teachers, special education, and localities to invest in facilities,” Gov. Youngkin said.
- Virginia is moving ahead with a plan to create a new type of school that involves unique partnerships called “lab schools.” Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin announced the plan Thursday. The partnerships would be between public and private universities and colleges, as well as private companies and local K-12 schools. He added that the lab schools — which have a specific focus, such as STEM or literacy, or a particular skill or industry — will create learning environments that engage students in hands-on learning.
- Youngkin emphasized the state's historically Black colleges and universities as participants, and the presidents of Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia Union University and Virginia State University were all in attendance at the event, according to the Post. Leaders from the state's largest schools, including George Mason University, Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, Virginia Commonwealth University and several others, also joined the presentation.
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