Author: sherlockj
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Health Enterprise Zones for Virginia
by James C. Sherlock COVID-19 exposed what many already knew: Poor people suffer broad disparities in health outcomes when compared to their wealthier counterparts. In my original post on health care legislative initiatives in the 2021 General Assembly Session, I recommended the establishment of Health Enterprise Zones. That initiative seeks reduction of health disparities among…
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A Broad Healthcare Agenda for the 2021 General Assembly
Towards a Better, Freer, Less Expensive and More Accessible Healthcare System in Virginia by James C. Sherlock COVID-19 exposed weaknesses in Virginia’s healthcare delivery system in both readiness and equity of access. Even before COVID, we have been dealing for decades with the costs of all kinds imposed by Virginia’s unregulated regional healthcare monopolies. The…
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UVa’s Lawn Scandal — Bad Leadership and Worse Lawyering
by James C. Sherlock, University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences, 1966 Hira Azher’s profane sign on the door of her room on the University of Virginia’s Lawn has made headlines, and the ensuing controversy has raised many questions. This article will highlight a new issue. University administrators, I will argue, botched the handling…
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Marxist Educational Strongholds at the University of Virginia – A Course Guide
by James C. Sherlock, University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences, 1966 This essay will present a survey of left-wing educational opportunities at the University of Virginia by means of a review of courses offered in its Marxist critical theory strongholds. It does not presume the reader favors or rejects Marxism, but provides a course…
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Racial Equity vs. Anti-Racism
by James C. Sherlock I have noticed some understandable confusion in the meanings of key words in the lexicon of the left. If you have not read the writings of anti-racist “scholars” such Ibram X. Kendi, Robin DiAngelo, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Glen Singleton and others — multi-millionaires all on the back of their anti-racist writings and…
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Why Do We Have Public Schools in Virginia? For the Children or for the Adults?
by James C. Sherlock The title of this piece is meant as a serious question, and not one to be answered lightly. The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) would dismiss the question by calling both the children and the adults “stakeholders.” Besides, Secretary of Education Qarni and the state Superintendent of Instruction have been very…
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A Public Service – Watch Angela Davis Speak at UVa
by James C. Sherlock The University of Virginia did all of us a favor when it hosted and recorded a speech by the Marxist Angela Davis through its Excellence in Diversity Series from September 2017 through March 2018. The credit on the UVa web page below the video states: Angela Davis’ work as an educator –…
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College Students See Free Speech on Campus as a Problem
by James C. Sherlock Updated Sept 30 3:15 PM The results of a new, rigorously analyzed and very large-scale scientific survey of nearly 20,000 students’ perspectives of free speech at 55 different universities in the U.S. are beyond troubling. We will look at the overall results and specific results for the University of Virginia and…
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Implement “Joyful Learning” in Virginia’s Poorest Performing Elementary Schools
by James C. Sherlock I wrote in a previous post of the astonishing record of New York City’s Success Academies in achieving the highest scores in the state of New York on that state’s standardized tests with some of the most economically disadvantaged students. I write this time with the great news that there…
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Joyful Learning
by James C. Sherlock Many of our readers have expressed dismay about the future of Virginia’s schools, some coming to the conclusion that there is no hope. Some others contend that because poor kids haven’t learned over the past three decades, that they can’t learn. Or that some poor kids can learn, just not poor…
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The Philosophical Tug of War in K-12 Education – 1988 to Present
by James C. Sherlock Others in this space and I have been asking readers to confront what we oppose: critical theory in education, a Marxist-based philosophy that in its execution is designed to tear down the American culture and start over. We see that philosophy today personified in critical race theory and state-directed intrusions in…
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Anti-Racism Training and Whiteness – Equal Time
by James C. Sherlock The movement should be allowed to speak for itself. It will do so here. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, in its online portal called “Talking About Race,” provided what may qualify as the official list of the characteristics of whiteness. The graphic linked below was published…
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Major Impacts of Northam’s War against Teachers
Federal school funding threatened; Democrats and unions in a bind; Lawsuits coming by James C. Sherlock Ralph Northam declared on August 30 of this year that Virginia’s schools are systemically racist and that teachers are presumptively racist and must be treated and monitored. In addition to threatening to create turmoil in the schools and damage to the…
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Northam Labels Virginia’s Teachers Racists
No word on teacher Pam Northam’s status by James C. Sherlock Governor Northam on August 24, 2020 declared Virginia’s schools guilty of systemic (structural) racism and declared his intention to “build antiracist school communities.” He was addressing the #EdEquity VA Virtual Summit – Courage, Equity and Antiracism hosted by Virginia Secretary of Education Atif Qarni…
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In the Naming Rights Sweepstakes at UVa’s Ed School, A Sophie’s Choice for the Woke
by James C. Sherlock “Sophie’s Choice” is centered on a scene in Auschwitz where Sophie has just arrived with her ten-year old son and her seven-year old daughter. She loves them both equally. A sadistic doctor tells her that she can only bring one of her children; one will be allowed to live while the…