Tag: Andrew Rotherham
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Education Tax Credits In Virginia – A Win Win On the Politics?
You know who likes optionality? That’s right, politicians do. by Andrew Rotherham Let’s start with the high note. I came of age in the Mary Sue Terry and Douglas Wilder era of Virginia politics. Robert Frye, the first Black school board chair in Fairfax County, lived a few houses down from me. That first might…
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Spanberger’s K-12 Education Opportunity
by Andrew Rotherham A lot of people are asking: What’s going to happen on education in Virginia? It’s a good question. And it matters beyond Virgina’s borders. The commonwealth took several big steps forward on schools over the past few years — some initiated by the legislature (science of reading and assessment reform), and some…
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Schrödinger’s Schools? Are Virginia’s Schools Good Or Not? Yes.
by Andrew Rotherham In the tiresome debate about our schools, here in Virginia and nationally, questions like “Are schools as good/bad as people say?” dominate. These are the wrong kind of questions. The big story of American education is variance — in everything from funding to outcomes. School performance is mixed overall and here in…
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The Pandemic Was an Educational Catastrophe. We Have to Come Together.
by Andrew Rotherham Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin asked me to serve on the Virginia Board of Education, and I accepted the honor. Public service and trying to leave things better than you found them is why I do this work. I think the governor and his team, which includes seasoned and proven education professionals like…
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The Honesty Gap: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Problem
by Andrew Rotherham Two days ago, Governor Glenn Youngkin released the analysis of achievement and accountability in Virginia that was part of his executive order package when he took office. It was an open secret this was coming – it was right there in the EO – yet there is still some surprise. Here’s the RTD. The surprise is likely…