From President Obama to the conservative-leaning Thomas B. Fordham Institute, consensus is growing about the importance of quality teaching to student achievement. Students with strong […]
Education Reform
The research shows that kids who have two, three, four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids […]
The nation’s first black president, first black governor and leading civil rights advocate all support quality charter schools. But Virginia’s Legislative Black Caucus came out […]
How the current push for charter schools fits in with the history of racial segregation.
What’s at stake in the battle to improve Virginia’s charter school law is more than $350 million. It’s a question of whether we will do […]
Virginia has only three operating charter schools, and the concept of virtual schools is still a new frontier. But around the country, both are expanding […]