Virginia Charter Schools In Name Only

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Derrick A. Max

Derrick Max is Vice President of Policy at the Jefferson Forum and may be reached at dmax@jeffersonforum.org

Derrick A. Max

Derrick Max is Vice President of Policy at the Jefferson Forum and may be reached at dmax@jeffersonforum.org

Todd Hester

An ordained Presbyterian minister with over twenty years of service to the church. Originally from Travelers Rest, South Carolina, he received a BA in English from Furman University and an MDiv from Beeson Divinity School. He is formerly President and Founder of the Yorktown Foundation.

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Christian Braunlich

Chris Braunlich is Senior Advisor and former President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. He may be reached at chris@thomasjeffersoninst.org

Virginia has among the fewest number of charter schools of any state in the nation, and its about to lose one more in the Blue Ridge Technical Academy. Maybe it is because Virginia’s charters are charter schools in name only.

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