Mercedes Schneider on Virginia’s New Secretary of Education
Mercedes Schneider digs into the background of Virginia’s new Secretary of Education. She is a data collector, not an educator. On the good side, she...
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Reader: Racism Explains the Youngkin Victory in Virginia
A reader who signs in as “Democracy” posted the following comment in response to Jennifer Berkshire’s article in The Nation. Berkshire argued that Terry McAuliffe...
Jennifer Berkshire: The Real Reason McAuliffe Lost in Virginia
Jennifer Berkshire, education journalist and co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door (with Jack Schneider) explains in The Nation the real reason why Terry...
Virginia: The Fraud Behind Glen Youngkin’s Attack on “Critical Race Theory
Glenn Youngkin, the Republican who won the race for governor in Virginia, centered his campaign on education, specifically on his insistence that parents should have...
Alexandra Petri: The New Virginia “Reading” List
Alexandra Petri writes humorous articles for the Washington Post. She wrote this column in response to a furor in the governor’s race in Virginia. Democratic...
Virginia: What’s At Stake in the Governor’s Election?
In the race for governor of Virginia, Republicans have focused their campaign on hot-button issues like banning “critical race theory” from the schools, opposing mask...
UVA “Disenrolls” 238 Students Who Did Not Get Vaccinated
The University of Virginia adopted a vaccination mandate. Of its 27,000 students, 238 students were “disenrolled” because they didn’t get vaccinated. About 96.6% are vaccinated....
Trump Openly Foments Domestic Rebellion
Trump took to Twitter to encourage protestors in three states with Democratic governors, urging them to defy authority. Is he violating his oath of office?...
Virginia: GOP Chair Stalks Democrat Leading Gun Control Effort
So this is what America has come to. The chairman of a local Republican party in Virginia threatened a Democratic legislator leading the campaign to...
Jeff Bryant: How Corporations Are Forcing Their Way into America’s Public Schools
CTE is a rebranding of what has been traditionally called vocational education or voc-ed, the practice of teaching career and workplace skills in an academic...