Tag: James Sherlock
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A Letter to an Old Friend
by James C. Sherlock This article is rendered as a letter responding to an old friend and mentor, the University of Virginia, my alma mater. I can imagine the University’s response to my last article on its culture: The changes we have experienced in the culture of the University, its pervasive progressivism, which some may…
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Virtual Education in K-12 Public Schools – A False and Corrupt Narrative in Virginia
by James C. Sherlock Public employee interests with personal stakes in the outcome are lying by omission in public discussions of virtual schooling in Virginia. Their message was published in Suzanne Munson’s column in the Richmond Times Dispatch on Jun 25th. The VDOE has made a commendable start with online learning through its Virtual Virginia…
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The Stakes are High in Reform of Higher Education
by James C. Sherlock I exposed in detail yesterday the ironclad control of the University of Virginia by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy at that school. Maoist-like insistence on radical progressive ideological purity is overseen there by the Red Guards of DEI in every school in the university. To claim otherwise is to…
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UVa’s Invasive, Ubiquitous DEI Program, Its President and the New Board of Visitors
by James C. Sherlock As a public service and a primer for new UVa Board of Visitors members, I will offer here a brief summary of the extent and costs in dollars, time, distraction and suppression of debate by the University’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program. Put briefly, they are everywhere, overseeing everything at the…
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Virginia Strategic Imperatives: Train and Retain More Teachers and Nurses
by James C. Sherlock Governor Glenn Youngkin wants to make a lasting difference in Virginia. He wants to leave it better than he found it. In the years I have been writing about healthcare and education in Virginia, there is a recurring theme in both fields: not enough practitioners; specifically, registered nurses and teachers. I…
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Virginia Law, Abortion, Expectant Mothers and Medical Professionals
by James C. Sherlock To clarify for those who misunderstand or knowingly misrepresent the statements of Republican leaders in the General Assembly concerning a new law on abortion, a woman aborting her unborn child is not proposed to be the subject of legal sanctions. The targets in the mainstream Republican proposals being developed for a new abortion…
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A New Classic on Thomas Jefferson and Public Education in Virginia
by James C. Sherlock On April 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed a group of Nobel Prize winners at a dinner in their honor at The White House. Kennedy, raised patrician, classically educated and fired in war and politics graciously toasted another such man. I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent,…
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Teacher Shortages – a Tale of Three Virginia Beach Elementary Schools
by James C. Sherlock I offer for your consideration a tale of three Virginia Beach elementary schools and their teacher shortages. The data provided are from the school quality databases of the Virginia Department of Education and from the jobs database of the City of Virginia Beach Schools, accessed this morning. All three of the…
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ACA Marketplace Insurance Costs to Skyrocket? Wanna Bet?
by James C. Sherlock We know it every time we see it. It is the time-honored Congressional ritual of “temporary” federal subsidies. Such subsidies for nearly anything that are positioned originally as “temporary” tend to be extended and then often made permanent entitlements. As with everything else, the people who get subsidies care far more about preserving…
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Is Virginia’s Lab School Law Constitutional?
by James C. Sherlock The Governor and General Assembly may wish to look at Virginia’s new laboratory schools law in light of the Supreme Court’s June 21, 2022 Carson v. Makin (Carson) decision. Held: Maine’s ‘nonsectarian’ requirement for otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause. The facts of Carson, in which Maine spent…
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Highest Need Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Virginia
by James C. Sherlock Without adequate primary medical, dental and mental health care, people cannot function properly. They often go through life sick and untreated. By “sick” in this case I refer to less well than achievable with proper primary care. Just because there is adequate access to primary care in a particular area does…
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Democracy Dies in Sophistry
by James C. Sherlock All should note the article, “Average U.S. gas prices top $5 a gallon, as surging energy costs squeeze economy,” in The Washington Post. The same Washington Post that is the only newspaper for most Northern Virginians who get one. That article shows again the depths to which the progressive press will…
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The Richmond Free Press on Year-Round Schooling
by James C. Sherlock I have been a reader of the Richmond Free Press (RFP) for a while now. I became a fan in 2017 when I came across the story. “Former NASA ‘hidden figure’ advises students to chart own course.” Brilliant stuff. The RFP provides an irreplaceable window into the Black experience in Richmond. I just…
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Fairfax County and Protection of Supreme Court Justices Revisited
by James C. Sherlock In response to the adjacent exhortation by Fairfax County from its home page, I am speaking up. Defend the homes of the Supreme Court Justices who live in your county. I offer breaking news to many who only read and watch progressive media, including the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Justice Kavanaugh…
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Gang Activity in Richmond Public Schools Not Reported to Police
by James C. Sherlock I am seldom surprised by the policies and actions of the Richmond Public Schools (RPS). When I read of the handling by RPS of federally funded ChromeBooks — an inventory of nearly 45,000 with over 20,000 unused and nearly 2,000 more unaccounted for — to support a student population of 21,000…