The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan research and education organization devoted to improving the lives of the people in Virginia. The Institute was organized in 1996, and...

Senator Mark Obenshain and Delegate Rob Bell have proposed a Virginia constitutional amendment permitting the State Board of Education to authorize public charter schools. If passed this year by the General...

1/9/2011 – Local school boards are understandably drooling over the possibility of getting out from under the poorly-devised accountability rules of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). That federal system has...

“The research shows that kids who have two, three, four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids who have even two weak...

10/3/2017 — In a recent news release, Governor Terry McAuliffe heralded the fact that 86 percent of Virginia schools were fully accredited – “a record high” for his administration and...

Executive Summary A Time for Reform The state of Virginia is blessed with one of the finest systems of public colleges and universities in the nation. And yet, for these...

Dear Virginia Education Policy Leader: Can Blended Learning help your school division raise the rate of graduation … at a lower cost per pupil? The concept of “Blended Learning” is...

Foreword This Issue Paper is part of a series of thought provoking essays published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and distributed to the Executive Branch, General Assembly, media...