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...

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...

When it comes to teaching kids to read, Richmond is no longer the poster child for failure — thanks to research-based methods, private sector financial support and a dedicated superintendent....

Richmond used to be a poster child for failing schools. Not anymore. By using research based teaching methods they have dramatically improved their reading scores. Will other jurisdictions follow their...

More than 76 percent of voters in majority black Petersburg, Richmond and Norfolk neighborhoods overwhelmingly support school choice for parents in their school division. That’s the conclusion of a recently-completed...

Overall, Virginia ranks high in K-12 education. But in shouting huzzah, we are overlooking clear pockets of failure — and its time to stop dithering about how to solve the...

Overall, Virginia does a good job with public education, but that doesn’t mean we can ignore the failure of public schools in some parts of our state. Instead of more...

How's this for irony: The knowledge economy craves information more than ever, but newspapers and print media are imploding. Where will Virginians get their news in the Internet age?...

Putting the interest of the nation's children ahead of those of the teachers unions, an increasing number of Dems are supporting school choice....