( 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) […]
Education Reform
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 […]
Author’s Note: When Cameron Elementary School Principal George Towery retired in 2010, I wrote the following column about his accomplishments and his leadership. In a […]
With students packing up to go back to college this month with declared or undeclared majors, it’s a good time to consider the fields that […]