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State policies on integrating immigrants into schools

Virginia's Education Reform

superintendent's interpretation of NCLB for implementation

What if there were no collective bargaining?

Articles and information for parents, educative and advocates re: Sped law, Ed law & advocacy for students with disabilities

Online educational law library Links to free online cases

Commentary and charts showing where tax dollars are being spent worldwide - especially interesting to see military vs. education here in the US.

Gives a detailed look at state budget cuts in education across the American map.

Comparing educators to murderers begins this article- but actually brings up compelling issues. Why is it so hard to dismiss incompetent teachers? Even in non-union states, the process is lengthy and the threat of litigation is thick in the process.

This site is powerhouse site for online public and private education for K-12. There are 30 states participating including Virgnia and Washington, DC. Public online course are FREE, while private online course vary in tuition.

In 2008-2009, nearly $24 billion in loans and grants went to about 2k for-profit schools under federal student aid programs. About 20 years ago there was some concern by the Fed that the schools were recruiting students not ready or capable for higher education. A lot of the students were not prepared for the jobs they were supposedly trained for and so they never got jobs in those areas. In turn many of them defaulted on their student loans. Congress put the 85/15 rule in place - meaning that the for profit schools would have to raise 15% of their student aid from other sources. That was reduced to 10% in the late 90s under Clinton.

This seems fascinating to me. I'm shocked that they thought this might work. I think it alludes more to the "return to values" of the conservative movement in this country than anything else. To me, this has the feel of a conservative, religious movement that has made its way back into a school division. This reemergence of "older" value systems might simply be a fear response to how out of control our empire has become and the repercussions of the wealth disparity on the domestic front.

Definitely...because life is segregated, so why not schools???#$%^

For a fourth consecutive year, Virginia students rank third in the nation in achievement on Advanced Placement (AP) tests. Go Virginia!!

Interesting that "Special Education" allegedly means higher-than-average and lower-than-average performing students. Yet the funding for some states does not even exist!

This is really about the politics of higher ed., but it's an issue that's near and dear to me and my colleagues in the School of Education.

Title 22.1 - Education - State laws regarding education policy.

A listing of links to educational organizations dependent from the DOE.

Defines the role of the General Assembly within the DOE and lists all Bills and Resolutions. Searchable database.

Outlines specific Act that outlines the walls of state and local power...2.2-3119 outlines school boards specifically.

VA's Code of Virginia's explanation of the role of the Attorney General in educational reform - opinions may be only asked on him/her in writing by specific members of the Commonwealth