The Issues

Education Freedom

New Poll: Strong Support for Public Schools AND Education Choice Policies!

While 62 percent of Virginia’s voters believe the state’s public school system is good or excellent, by similar margins those same voters also favor education choice reforms such as charter...

Jefferson Forum
November 10, 2009

Bringing Quality Schools to Virginia

In much of Virginia students are quite successful in their public schools, but there are also significant pockets where the public school system has failed the students who attend them....
Jefferson Forum
September 16, 2009

Bringing Quality Schools to Virginia

With 98 percent of public schools meeting SOL standards, there are large swaths of Virginia where students are academically quite successful. But there are significant pockets – both urban and...

Christian Braunlich
September 15, 2009

Roanoke Privatization Cuts Costs, Focuses on Education

The national economy is affecting government budgets throughout the Commonwealth, and that includes school divisions. In adapting to leaner times, the Roanoke City School Board provided an example that cuts...

Leonard Gilroy
July 10, 2009

On Education, McDonnell and Duncan Stand Together

When it comes to K-12 education, the Republican gubernatorial candidate and Barack Obama’s Education Secretary stand together on some key issues. Here’s how you know …

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Christian Braunlich
June 17, 2009

On Education, McDonnell and Duncan Stand Together

Meaning both face serious challenges as they work to bring greater options and choice into our educational systems....
Jefferson Forum
June 16, 2009

Reforming the Dollars by Weighting the Funding

Federal stimulus funds may have provided many school divisions with a temporary repirieve, but those funds won’t last forever. We need systemic reform in education funding, and here’s one idea...

Christian Braunlich
May 13, 2009

Reforming the Dollars by Weighting the Funding

Weighted Student Funding formulas can force school systems to take a hard look at how they are spending money. A new study shows that such formulas have helped schools facing...
Jefferson Forum
May 12, 2009

Roanoke Schools Embrace Privatization to Cut Costs, Focus on Education

Budget constraints run downhill and its not just states and localities feeling the pinch. School districts have to adapt to leaner times as well and just last week the Roanoke...
Jefferson Forum
April 14, 2009

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.