Standards have been lower and lower This may be my last blog post before the November 4 election. Happy reading! I promise I will continue writing once I am elected. Today I received the Loudoun Times-Mirror  October 10–16 edition. I enjoy reading local newspapers and have written a few opinion letters in the past. In this issue, it mentioned that Virginia’s Department of Education published new SOL test standards. From what I can see, the standards are merely set to match th

I am running because of 51 years in education as a student, a professor or a parent - A lifetime dedicated to learning and teaching Ph.D....

We all know that grade inflation, test retakes, and similar practices have done a great disservice to our students. Often in the name of...

It has been an increasingly worrisome trend that our students are experiencing loneliness, anxiety, depression, stress, and various forms of bullying. They are constantly distracted both in and outside of school by smartphone use and social media. As we all know, smartphones and social media are thousands of times worse than what we faced in the TV generation. At each bus stop, we no longer see middle and high school students chatting or playing with one another. Instead, the

I remember President Obama once saying something like this in an informal conversation: "I used to be able to tutor Malia in math, but I...