Editing Fairfax, Virginia (section)

==Education==
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===Primary and secondary schools===
{{Main|Fairfax County Public Schools}}
[[File:Fairfax High School.jpg|thumb|[[Fairfax High School (Fairfax, Virginia)|Fairfax High School]]]]
The [[school division]] for the city is Fairfax City Public Schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51600_fairfax/DC20SD_C51600.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51600_fairfax/DC20SD_C51600.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fairfax city, VA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 23, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51600_fairfax/DC20SD_C51600_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The public schools in the City of Fairfax are owned by the city but administered by the [[Fairfax County Public Schools]] (FCPS) system under contractual agreement with Fairfax County. This arrangement began to be in place in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityoffairfaxschools.org/city-of-fairfax-schools/school-services-agreement-with-fcps/|title=School Services Agreement with FCPS|publisher=City of Fairfax Schools|date=September 1, 2013|accessdate=July 23, 2022|archive-date=September 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901005913/http://cityoffairfaxschools.org/city-of-fairfax-schools/school-services-agreement-with-fcps/|url-status=bot: unknown}} - The City of Fairfax Schools [https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/city-schools is linked from this Fairfax City page].</ref> Fairfax schools include [[Fairfax High School (Fairfax, Virginia)|Fairfax High School]], [[Katherine Johnson]] Middle School, formerly Lanier Middle School,<ref>{{Cite web |title=School History {{!}} Katherine Johnson Middle School |url=https://johnsonms.fcps.edu/about/history#:~:text=On%20November%202,%202020,%20the,to%20Katherine%20Johnson%20Middle%20School |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=johnsonms.fcps.edu}}</ref> Daniels Run Elementary School, Providence Elementary School, and Fairfax Academy.<ref name="ccconn">{{cite web|title = City of Fairfax Schools|url = http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/school-superintendent|access-date = November 4, 2015|website = City of Fairfax|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151114061105/http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/school-superintendent|archive-date = November 14, 2015|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}</ref>

Schools within the city that are not owned by the city government include the Boyd School,{{efn|[[Montessori education|Montessori School]]}} Gesher Jewish Day School, Kellar School of [[Inova]] Kellar Center,{{efn|Special Education School}} Lee Highway [[KinderCare]],{{efn|Daycare / Preschool}} Little Flock Christian School, Northern Virginia Christian Academy, Oak Valley Center,{{efn|Special Education School}} [[Paul VI Catholic High School]] (moved in 2020-2021),{{efn|Roman Catholic}} The [[Salvation Army]] University View Child Care Center,{{efn|Christian}} Saint Leo The Great School,{{efn|Roman Catholic}} [[Trinity Christian School (Fairfax, Virginia)|Trinity Christian School]], and Truro Preschool and Kindergarten.{{efn|Daycare / Preschool}}<ref>22030 (Fairfax, VA) Private Schools | PrivateSchoolReview.com. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2017, from https://www.privateschoolreview.com/virginia/fairfax/22030 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104051605/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/virginia/fairfax/22030 |date=November 4, 2016 }}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
{{Main|George Mason University}}
[[George Mason University]], the largest university in [[Virginia]], is located just south of Fairfax's city limits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fairfaxva.gov/home/showdocument?id=1226 | title=Map of City of Fairfax |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614022341/https://www.fairfaxva.gov/home/showdocument?id=1226 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 |url-status = live}}</ref>
The university enrolls 33,917 students, making it the largest university by head count in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The university was founded in 1949, and was initially an extension of the [[University of Virginia]] named the Northern Virginia University Center of the University of Virginia.<ref>UVA: {{Hanging indent | {{cite book|last1=Mann|first1=C. Harrison|title=C. Harrison Mann, Jr. papers|date=1832–1979|publisher=George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center|location=Arlington County, Virginia|url=http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/mann.html|access-date=February 23, 2017}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{Cite book| last = Finley| first = John Norville Gibson| title = Progress Report of the Northern Virginia University Center| date = July 1, 1952| url = http://digilib.gmu.edu/jspui/bitstream/handle/1920/2698/Mann_53_1_1_v.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y| archive-date = February 20, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170220225740/http://digilib.gmu.edu/jspui/bitstream/handle/1920/2698/Mann_53_1_1_v.pdf| quote = "The report that follows is a progress report on the Northern Virginia University Center since its beginnings in 1949 by its Local Director, Professor J. N. G. Finley." George B. Zehmer, Director Extension Division University of Virginia| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}}}</ref> Nine years after its founding, in 1958, the Town of Fairfax purchased {{convert|150|acre|km2}} for the university, though the property remained within the county when the town became a city. In 1972, following several name changes, the institution became George Mason University.<ref>GMU: {{Hanging indent | {{cite book|last1=Virginia Advisory Legislative Council|title=The Crisis in Higher Education in Virginia and a Solution|date=August 15, 1955|publisher=Virginia General Assembly|location=Richmond|pages=13|url=http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/items/show/17|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224055521/http://ahistoryofmason.gmu.edu/items/show/17|url-status=dead}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{Cite book| publisher = Fairfax County Board of Supervisors| isbn = 978-0-9601630-1-4| last = Netherton| first = Nan| title = Fairfax County, Virginia: A History| date = January 1, 1978}}{{rp|588}}}}</ref> The university is most known for its programs in [[economics]], [[law]], [[creative writing]], [[computer science]], and [[business]].<ref>* {{cite magazine|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php|title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Top Law Schools|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=November 5, 2008|archive-date=July 3, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703231853/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.econphd.net/rank/rpublc.htm|title=Rankings: Political Economy|publisher=EconPhD.net|access-date=November 5, 2008|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602015258/http://www.econphd.net/rank/rpublc.htm|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book|last=Teles|first=Steven Michael|year=2008|title=The rise of the conservative legal movement|page=182}}
* {{cite book|author=((Vault Editors))|year=2006|title=The Law School Buzz Book|page=458}}
* [http://www.pw.org/content/2010_mfa_rankings_top_fifty_0 2010 MFA Rankings: The Top Fifty | Poets & Writers]. Pw.org. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.</ref> George Mason University faculty have twice won the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]]. George Mason University economics professors [[James M. Buchanan]] and [[Vernon L. Smith]] won it in 1986 and 2002, respectively.<ref>[http://walterewilliams.com/another-nobel-laureate/ Another Nobel Laureate] Walter E. Williams, GMU, Department of Economics, October 14, 2002</ref>

===Public libraries===
{{Main|Fairfax County Public Library}}
[[Fairfax County Public Library]] operates the Fairfax Regional Library in Fairfax. The library includes the Virginia Room, a collection of books, photographs, and manuscripts related to Fairfax County history, government, and genealogy.<ref>[http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ Library Branches] [[Fairfax County Public Library]]. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref>