2012-2013 Virginia Economic Forecast: Expanding Broadband: Jobs, Innovation and Rural Development
Although Virginia is faring better than the rest of the nation, a robust economic recovery in the Commonwealth continues to be dampened, according to the 2012-2013 Virginia Economic Forecast, the thirteenth annual report on the economy conducted by Chmura Economics & Analytics and released by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. The Forecast projects […]
Should the Uranium Mining Moratorium Be Lifted?
The debate over uranium mining in Virginia is reaching a crescendo as the Virginia General Assembly meets for its 2012 Session and those in favor and those opposed are ready to battle over this important public policy and economic development issue. While this is important , especially to those who live in Southside Virginia, the […]
Students Without Borders: Funding Online Education in Virginia
In 2010, Virginia became the 28th state to create a formal policy for the establishment of full-time multi-district virtual schools — online education through which students anywhere in the state are able to work full-time with their teachers and curriculum over the Internet, rather than in a traditional classroom. But equitable funding — which is […]
What is a Virtual School … and how can it help Virginia’s students?
In the 21st Century, learning need not be limited to classes held in a bricks and mortar building. Today, more than a million students take online courses through their school divisions — a 47 percent increase since 2006. Of those, 175,000 are full-time students in full-time online schools. This brochure answers some basic questions about […]
Delivering Education Direct to Desktops!
Polls indicate that the vast majority of Virginians are unfamiliar with online learning. Yet, today more than 70 percent of school districts in the United States offer online courses to students. Online eduation offers a variety of new opportunities to students and school systems. Here are some of the ways it can, and does, deliver […]
Guide to Communications Policy
The most recent federal law affecting the communications industry as a whole was the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It failed to anticipate the widespread adoption of wireless communicationns and new applications like Instant Messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), let alone the broad substitution for traditional “land line” phone service. Never has there been […]