Tag: James Sherlock
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Biggest U.S. Orthopedic Facility Projects Exclude Virginia
by James C. Sherlock Beckers just published a list of the 14 largest orthopedic projects in America in 2021. None of them are located in Virginia. Virginia’s COPN law and its administration make such projects highly unlikely here. Every Virginia hospital that did not propose such a project would oppose it. And in the monopolized metro…
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Culture Wars and the Law
by James C. Sherlock We have reported here significant evidence of the criminal harassment of two conservative students, one a student council member at the University of Virginia and the other a soccer player at Virginia Tech, for their political views. Both have been treated as administrative matters at the two universities. That is a…
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When Will Virginia Re-start Enforcement of Truancy Laws?
by James C. Sherlock COVID has interrupted the enforcement of Virginia’s truancy statute (Code of Virginia § 22.1-254. Compulsory attendance required). The purpose of that law is offered by Virginia Department of Education regulations. Students who attend school regularly beginning in kindergarten are more likely to succeed academically. Academic achievement, especially in math, is…
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Detached, Clueless, Pedantic and Non-Responsive
by James C. Sherlock A series of communications among Nickolaus Cabrera, a first year student at the University of Virginia, President James Ryan of the University and the University’s Rector, James Murray, has come into my possession. I have posted them here. I will offer here my assessment, but I urge each reader to access…
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UVa Response to Medical Student First Amendment Lawsuit
by James C. Sherlock Jim Bacon reported April 8 on the claims of Kieran Ravi Bhattacharya, a former student at the University of Virginia Medical School, who alleges that he was retaliated against for exercising his First Amendment freedoms at a panel discussion by the University’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association (“AMWA”). Senior…
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VDOE Transgender Policies Dangerous to Both Children and School Personnel
by James C. Sherlock Virginia’s Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools is a bigger mess the more I study it. It is as far as I can tell unprecedented in scope. I checked parallel California, D.C. and Arlington County policies. None of them comes close to the dangerous nonsense…
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Good News for Virginia in Best-Places-to-Work Rankings
by James C. Sherlock The new Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For has been released. Good news Four Virginia-headquartered companies made the list. Hilton, McLean #3 Capital One Financial, McLean #9 CarMax, Richmond #36 Navy Federal Credit Union, Vienna #59 Other News There are nine health systems on the list. Not only are none of…
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A Cautionary Tale of Rural Healthcare and a Peek Inside a Health System Board Meeting
by James C. Sherlock Revised 12 April at 1:34 PM I ran across a fascinating story buried deep in a massive Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) database on Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) inspection reports. The report I will share with you is a cautionary tale both of rural healthcare and of the way hospitals view…
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COPN Drives Richmond’s Tuckahoe Orthopedics to Be Acquired to Survive
by James C. Sherlock This is pretty straightforward. COPN is driving a physician shortage in Virginia because doctors are not granted the independence to practice the way they want to with the facilities and equipment they need and that in turn is depressing their incomes. Reversing Robin Hood, COPN takes from the physicians and gives to…
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Sentara CEO Kern Among 10 Highest Paid Nonprofit Executives in America
by James C. Sherlock Sentara CEO Howard Kern is well paid. We will compare his compensation to those of the highest paid non-profit CEOs in the nation and to the CEO of the largest for-profit healthcare system in the country. Turns out he is extremely well paid. We should all have his agent. …
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COPN Monopolies Depress Income for Virginia Healthcare Professionals Without Lowering Costs
by James C. Sherlock Virginia is among the richest states in the country. We are ranked ninth among states with the highest median household income in the 2019 (latest) Census Bureau American Community Survey. Virginia median household income was $74,222 and the U.S. as a whole was $62,843. But Virginia has a Certificate of…
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Board of Education Changes to Virginia Teacher Evaluation Guidelines Are an Embarrassment
by James C. Sherlock Education schools have a lot to be proud of, primarily their production of teachers. They also have a lot to answer for, including most of what passes for research and every bit of their practice of constantly changing the language of education to cover the lack of new and contributory ideas.…
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Board of Education Downgrades Qualifications for Science Teachers
by James C. Sherlock “Every student succeeds” is the motto of the state education plan. Let’s take a look and see how this focus on “student success” is playing out in the day-to-day policy judgments of the Board of Education. This column has reported that the Board of Education, in pursuit of “equity,” is actively…
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In 2019, 34% of Virginia’s Black 4th graders Could Not Read – Mississippi Offers Hope
by James C. Sherlock Since 2013, Mississippi has made unprecedented, best-in-the-nation improvement in the academic achievements of its children starting as measured in nationwide testing. The improvements were especially pronounced in 4th graders who benefited directly from its 2013 literacy law. I have done a deep dive into those results and traced them back to…
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The UVa School of Education Provides Exclusive Analysis for State Early Childhood Education Policy
by James C. Sherlock Sometimes thumbing through the state Budget Bill, HB1800 (Enrolled), one finds something other than what one is looking for. I was examining the Education budget, and specifically the Department of Education, Central Office Operations, Item 137, Instructional Services (18100). That is where the massive infusion of federal COVID education dollars are found. The instructional…