Recent opinion polls confirm that Virginians consider education a key issue in this year’s General Assembly elections. This paper evaluates the K-12 education agenda for
Education Reform
This study focuses on the 25 percent of high school graduates required to take remedial courses at Virginia’s public colleges and universities. The author suggests
The goal of this paper is to substantiate the connection between attendance and achievement and to examine some low-cost strategies for raising student attendance. Special
In January 1998, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore proposed a budget amendment that would provide funding for 56 percent of the cost of placing about 2000
In this in-depth analysis of salaries and compensation for Virginia’s public college and university instructors, the Thomas Jefferson Institute showed how each institution of higher
In September 1997, the Virginia Board of Education adopted new regulations that make individual schools accountable for their performance on achievement tests based on the