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Fair Exchange: NCLB Waivers for Stronger Teacher Evaluations
11/9/2011 – Local school boards are understandably drooling over the possibility of getting out from under the poorly-devised accountability rules of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). That federal system has annually moved the “finish line” of educational success further and … Continue reading
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Is “Adequate Yearly Progress” an Adequate Measure?
By Chris Braunlich I still have my notes from nine years ago. Speaking at a dinner meeting hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Institute, then-Virginia School Board President Mark Christie argued that “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) was doomed to failure. … Continue reading
Great Expectations Program Helps Foster Care Youth Get A College Education
In 2010, there were 6,271 young people in the Virginia Foster Care System. Through no fault of their own, these young people were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, or other family circumstances that prevented them from … Continue reading
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The Florida Lesson
Is Florida an educational wasteland? Continue reading
Will the Virginia General Assembly Kill Online Learning?
While the Old Dominion overwhelmingly approved a Virtual School law last year, a Senate budget amendment will likely result in shutting down the state’s only full-time virtual school Continue reading