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Virginia Foxx: I was appalled to learn that multiple schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, withheld National Merit Scholarship…

On the recordJanuary 25, 2023
I was appalled to learn that multiple schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, withheld National Merit Scholarship commendation award letters from hundreds of students. This is a problem. When political ideology stands in the way of students' success, it is a problem. When the pursuit of so-called equity starts harming students, it is a problem. When school bureaucrats hold students back to hide their own failures, it is a problem. The education bureaucracy failed these students. These students deserve to be rewarded for their hard work, and these students deserve an education system that will lift them up, not try to keep them down. These school administrators were trusted with the future of these students, and they broke that trust. Shame on them. Dual Enrollment
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Jan 25, 2023

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