Virginia’s K-12 education community is in for challenging times. The annual Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) report examining Standards of Quality (SOQ) education funding demonstrated that state spending on K-12 education rose only 0.2 percent over the past year — and that spending per student dropped by 0.4 percent. The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center notes that, in the past five years, public school enrollment increased in less than a third of Virginia school divisions, and a majority saw declining enrollments. By 2018, 40 ...
What is curious about the present understandable preoccupation with the middle class is the assumption — both explicit and implicit — that the system is “rigged” (to use Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s favorite term) against this vast constituency of Americans. In reality, just the opposite is true. The system is rigged in favor of the middle class. A 2013 poll by The Washington Post and the Miller Center at the University of Virginia asked respondents what values define the “American Dream.” The top response (75 percent) was “to have freedom of cho...
Parents hoping to get a grasp on reports of sexual assault at the University of Virginia will have to look beyond statistics, according to experts.Although much of the narrative of a Rolling Stone article describing an alleged gang rape at UVa has fallen apart, the university is still under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for the way it handles reports of assault. It also is being sued by an anonymous student who claims she was raped in 2012 and administrators mishandled evidence in her case.
Though largely unseen in its subtlety, the touch of George Martin’s hand is all over the Richmond region. Managing partner of the McGuireWoods law firm’s Richmond office, Martin is famous for his sharp legal mind, calm demeanor, community service, open and caring personality — and his bow ties. In 2013, Martin became rector of the University of Virginia’s board of visitors in tumultuous times. The first African-American to serve as rector, he stepped into the post shortly after a board effort to oust the president and followed by the recent uproar over a partially recan...
Area middle and high school students operated robots the size of large microwave ovens Sunday at Monticello High School. The event was the second year of a scrimmage to prepare for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition, which will be held at the University of Virginia on Saturday. FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — is a national program that encourages students to become leaders in the science and technology fields.
Robert H. Simpson, a nationally known meteorologist who helped devise the ubiquitous 1-to-5 “Saffir-Simpson” scale used by forecasters to prepare the public for the severity of an oncoming hurricane, died Dec. 19 at his home in Washington. He was 102. Simpson taught at the University of Virginia in the late 1970s and later ran Simpson Weather Associates.
University of Virginia student Gray Whisnant contends the cameras would benefit law enforcement in their apprehension of suspected criminals. “If an officer was to interrupt a liquor store robbery, for instance, the chase and arrest of the perpetrators would be archived in real time to get better visuals on the physical makeup, attire, weapons and potential vehicles used in the crime,” Whisnant writes in The Cavalier Daily student newspaper. “While interviewing area residents for information, witnesses would be more comfortable speaking freely knowing that they wouldn’t...
The University of Virginia a capella group, The Virginia Gentlemen, recently helped spread holiday cheer to Cavalier alumni in a special virtual Christmas card emailed by President Teresa Sullivan. Roanoker Sam Roller, a first-year student, was featured as the lead singer in the Gentlemen’s rendition of “Winter Song/White Winter Hymnal,” a mash-up performed on the lawn with the female vocal group, the Virginia Sil’hooettes.
“Uniting about a single GOP conservative candidate early would greatly assist efforts to get a conservative nominee, and it would also be beautiful if the candidates pledged to drop all unfavorable Television advertisements so the eventual nominee would be unbloodied,” mentioned Larry Sabato, University of Virginia political science professor. “Neither issue is going to come about. Politics is war and alliances are difficult to forge.”
"Republican leaders are delighted that Fiorina is considering joining the field. It's important for Republicans to have a woman, given that the two leading candidates on the Democratic side are Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "But I know of no one who thinks she's going to be the presidential nominee. I think those people are limited to her immediate staff and family."
Legal scholars say it becomes problematic when attorneys general use constitutional interpretations as cover for ideological objections. “It’s probably true that the judgments that executive enforcement officers make about constitutionality of statutes they’re called on to enforce are somewhat influenced by their policy views,” said Professor John C. Harrison of the University of Virginia School of Law.
(Commentary) At the time Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, himself one of the richest men in America was advocating a scientific basis for taxation, “the use of economic theory to identify the tax rates that would maximize revenue yet burden productive capital as little as possible,” according to George K. Yin at the University of Virginia Law School.
"I am concerned about eliminating these questions from the American Community Survey," W. Bradford Wilcox, associate professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at University of Virginia, said. "They are helpful in painting an accurate statistical portrait of American family life. Losing them would be a tragedy."
In September, the Tom Tom Founders Festival launched the Founding Cville project, which highlights local artists, civic leaders and entrepreneurs "whose groundbreaking and original work has impacted Charlottesville and the world." Charlottesville Tomorrow is republishing the 18 profiles of each of the inaugural Founders. Today: Dr. Marcus Martin, founder of U.Va.’s Emergency Medicine cEnter.
Scientists are making the case that cutting down tropical rainforests does more than simply release carbon into the atmosphere – it has a direct and more immediate effect on the climate, from changes in rainfall patterns to increases in temperatures. Complete deforestation of the Amazon would alter rainfall in much of the United States, according to the report, titled “Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Climate and Agriculture” and published Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change. “Deforestation is about much more than carbon dioxide. Forests regulate the clima...
Forest clearing can have just as catastrophic an impact on the world’s climate as carbon pollution, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed science journal Nature Climate Change. The study finds that deforestation increases global temperatures, causes a decline in average rainfall and a shift in its location, which impacts agriculture. The study, “Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Climate Change and Agriculture,” also determines that deforestation in one place could affect crop success elsewhere, meaning as forests are cut in Indonesia, farmers in Thailand ...
The local stations not only air content from national and international partners, but they also produce content that airs locally, nationally and occasionally internationally. A partnership with the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia has produced three highly successful documentaries. “Out of Order: Civility in Politics” and “The Kennedy Half Century” won Emmys for best historical documentary, and the current production, “Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All,” will be nominated for the award in January, Felton s...
(Commentary) New research, such as the work of professors Robert Pianta and Bridget Hamre at the University of Virginia’s Center for Advanced Research on Teaching and Learning, clearly shows that what counts isn’t what degrees teachers have but how they teach. That’s especially critical in early childhood when interactions between teachers and students, not content knowledge, is what drives success. Focusing on bachelor’s degrees is an easy way bureaucrats can claim to be raising teacher quality without actually doing it.
With the new year fast approaching, it's time to recognize the brilliant moves D.C.-area schools have made in 2014. Whether it be solidifying plans for a brand new research institute, putting budgeting dollars towards recruiting top-tier faculty talent or establishing funding to encourage entrepreneurs to pursue their venture dreams, each college and university across the District, Maryland and Virginia has made positive changes on campus this year to ensure they continue to propel D.C. area higher education forward. Now it's the University of Virginia's turn.
University of Virginia employees are joining state workers across the commonwealth in giving a little of their paychecks back to charity. State employees can choose to have part of their pay automatically given to the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign. UVA employees can select from 1,200 organizations supporting causes - including education, animal rescue, and cancer research. So far this year, UVA employees have given about $700,000 to the campaign. The deadline is December 31.