One of the hottest topics in education today is the growth of online learning or virtual schools. Today there are more than a million enrollments […]
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Judging from the platforms of both gubernatorial candidates, Virginia’s Standards of Learning exams may be in for a tougher time next year. Both Ken Cuccinelli […]
“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 […]
I still have my notes from nine years ago. Speaking at a dinner meeting hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Institute, then-Virginia School Board President Mark […]
A wise boss once told me: “Be careful of what you ask for. You might get it.” In the ongoing discussions over Virginia’s Standards of […]
10/3/2017 — In a recent news release, Governor Terry McAuliffe heralded the fact that 86 percent of Virginia schools were fully accredited – “a record […]
10/11/2010 – Did a federal program encouraging the use of scientifically-based reading methods lead to a decline in students classified as having a “specific learning […]
4/25/2018 — “So there’s a reading circle and all the kids have a book and they’re passing the book kid to kid and they passed […]
2/2/2013 — Virginia this week joined the rest of the nation in celebrating “National School Choice Week” from a special position: As one of 11 […]
If the evidence showed that taking a particular medication actually made the disease worse, would you keep on taking it? Of course not. But a recent paper, Juvenile Justice […]