The following position paper was published by Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust, a sponsor of the Bacon’s Rebellion blog. ISSUE: Performance-based (also known as […]
Education Reform
Every year at the state and local level of government, budget debates include funding issues surrounding our K-12 public schools. Teacher salaries and class size […]
( This article is responded to by John Butcher in the next column.) Maybe it’s time for Virginia to scrap the Standards of Learning (SOL) […]
SOL Results Have Guided Home Purchase Decisions, With the Effect of Harming Low-Performing Schools
In a recent news release, Governor Terry McAuliffe heralded the fact that 86 percent of Virginia schools were fully accredited – “a record high” for […]
How do you handle a situation when a student is admitted to a college but isn’t academically prepared to do the work? Traditionally, colleges and […]