Virginia’s recruitment and compensation practices are aggravating the shortfall of math, science and special education teachers. Here are some lessons schools could learn from the […]
Christian Braunlich
Chris Braunlich is Co-President and CEO of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Virginia’s non-partisan public policy foundation. He was appointed by Governor Bob McDonnell to the Virginia State Board of Education, where his colleagues elected him president of the Board.
Isn’t it time to hold schools accountable by determining what they add to a student’s knowledge? Here’s one system of “Value-Added Assessment.”
The Thomas Jefferson Institute has issued a series of one-page Legislative Policy Briefs reviewing government reform issues before the Virginia General Assembly. Look here frequently […]
Our public schools’ most fundamental responsibility is teaching children to read. Yet, many Virginia children remain “curriculum casualties” of failed experiments in reading instruction, and […]