Just as students are preparing to take their SOLs, the Richmond School Board and the new schools superintendent are facing their own high-stakes test.
by Carol A.O. Wolf"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief …"None of them along the line know what any of it is worth …"But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."— Bob Dylan
I don't know about you, folks, but I've had more than enough of the annual blame-ass politics of the City of Richmond vs. Richmond Public Schools Budget Battle. Given that the most recent Standards of Learning scores show Richmond's pass rate in reading is the worst of the 132 school divisions in Virginia and fourth from the bottom in math, it would behoove school and city officials to focus on what's needed to improve the quality of education in the classroom.…[ Read more ]