Category Archives: Feature

Criticisms of Chesapeake Bay Models Are Off Base

In his October 22nd essay entitled Logic and Passion and the Chesapeake Bay, Dr. Schnare does a disservice to readers by ignoring the world-renowned science and extensive monitoring behind models used in Chesapeake Bay restoration decision making. Continue reading

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Land Use Issues Await New Governor and General Assembly

Producing land use policies that strike a careful balance between our cherished quality of life and the needs of Virginia’s business community is an important part of our efforts to maintain the Old Dominion’s status as the best place in America to do business. Continue reading

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Will Bipartisanship Rule in Building Quality Charter Schools?

A 17-point victory offers newly-elected Governor Bob McDonnell a mandate on those policies he made part of his platform. Developing quality public charter schools – particularly those that would serve as a turn-around mechanism – seems a good a place as any to start. Continue reading

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Logic and Passion and the Chesapeake Bay

Molly Pugh, Executive Director of the Virginia Grain Producers Association, laid out facts and principles that, had they been the keystone of prior decades of Chesapeake Bay policy, would have resulted in a Bay much further along in its recovery. Continue reading

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Beware Their Cheating Hearts: Part Two – The Special-Ed Hustle

Unless the miraculous properties of Virginia water cure disabilities after the eighth grade, something is rotten. A dramatic increase in over-identification and misidentification of some children as ‘special education’ has left some teachers, parents and even retired administrators fearing state-wide, systematic cheating on the SOLs. Continue reading

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