Virginia is for Learners and EdEquityVA

In 2026, the General Assembly passed HB 913, which requires the Virginia Department of Education to, among other things, restore the EdEquityVA website and many of its affiliated resources. This page fulfills that legislative mandate.  

Overview

During the years of 2019-2022, VDOE implemented the Virginia is for Learners and EdEquityVA initiatives to draw awareness towards inequities that affected students in Virginia’s public schools and to prepare students for the future beyond graduation.

VDOE was permitted by the Virginia Tourism Corporation to utilize the “Virginia is for Lovers” brand and create an adaptation that highlighted support for Virginia’s students called “Virginia is for Learners” and was the brand for a variety of strategic initiatives for the agency during those years.

One of those initiatives was EdEquityVA, and focused on addressing educational inequities based on race, gender, locations, socioeconomic status, disabilities, and native languages.

Both initiatives lived on the Virginia is for Learners website and provided resources that were targeted for local school division leaders and teachers to implement in the schools.

Virginia is for Learners and EdEquityVA Archive

Videos 

• Becoming an Anti-racist Education Leader
• Black History Year Round
• Collaboration for Equity
• Communication is not Engagement
• Continuous Reflection for Equity
• COVID Slide
• Culturally Courageous Leaders and Educators
• Culturally Relevant Remote Instruction
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Part 1
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Part 2 Safe Space for Marginalized Students
• Culturally Responsive Teaching: Part 2 Strategies for CRT Practice in Math
• Culturally Responsive 9/11 Teaching Resources
• Embracing and Incorporating Student Voice
• Equity in STEM Education
• Grading for Equity
• Multilingual English Learner Students and Remote Learning
• Navigating EdEquityVA
• Supporting Younger (PreK-6) Multilingual Learners
• What's Culture Got to Do With It? Cultural Competence in Student Athletics

Documents

• Navigating #EdEquityVA – Virginia’s Road Map to Equity
• Defining EdEquityVA
• Key Terms
• EdEquityVA is Data Informed
• Operationalizing EdEquityVA
• EdEquityVA Compass- Virginia’s Equity 5 Cs
• Navigating EdEquityVA Audit Tool
• Keys that Drive EdEquityVA
  • 5 Keys to Ensuring Equity in Advanced Programs
  • 5 Keys to Ensuring Equity Chiefs Succeed
• Strategy Notes
  • Multilingual Students
  • Racially Marginalized Students
  • Students with Disabilities
  • Rigor for ALL Students
  • LGBTQ+ Students
  • Equitable School Discipline

Superintendent’s Memos

• Navigating EdEquityVA Framework - Virginia’s Road Map to Equity (Word) - Superintendent's Memo 309-20
• Navigating EdEquityVA - Equity Audit Tool (Word) - Superintendent's Memo 280-20
• Resources to Support Student and Community Dialogues on Racism (Word) - Superintendent's Memo 050-19