Education
Virginia Should “Take Aim At New Texas Standards” As Well
This is a great idea that Virginia should adopt as well. ...A new bill introduced in the state…
“Do Charter Schools Really Work?”
Over at the Dixie Pig blog, Del. Scott Surovell asks, "Do charter schools really work?"…
State and national Republican legislative idiocy
This will be short. I do not consider it sweet. In Virginia, the Governor can propose…
Looking Past the Spin: Teach for America
is perhaps the most important single article to date on what has developed from the Princeton…
Bob McDonnell Celebrates Federal Funding
Wait, wasn't Bob McDonnell supposed to be against stuff like this? Virginia will receive…
Barack Obama: “Two Major Reforms on Health Care & Higher Ed”
"This was a momentous week for America. It was a week in which, together, we took bold new…
‘All politics is personal’
Another Speaker, Tip O'Neill once said: 'All politics is local.' And I say to…
Diane Ravitch on Why Charter Schools Are A Really Bad Idea
This past Thursday, former Assistant Secretary of Education, Diane Ravitch, laid into…
