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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will withhold judgment until I see some actual policy, but consider me skeptical.

The fundamental problem with an education consultant selling data collection tools is that you get what you measure. So if her perspective is going to be more metrics, it will be absolutely critical that the *right* metrics are chosen. This is where the culture war will again wage.

There is no indication she is knowledgeable about curricula or pedagogy. If her solution is the apply saber metrics to public schools, we are in trouble. This could end up being the blind leading the blind.

It is, for example, 100% critical we continue commitments to improve equity in schools — so if her focus on metrics involves closing achievement gaps, great. That said, we don’t need metrics to tell us there are achievement gaps. As education secretary, what will be her policies to close them? And no, the answer isn’t charter schools. Charter schools can game metrics by being more selective about who they accept. So what you end up with is growing gaps between schools. Factor in the massive trail of corruption in charter schools — lots of flim flam artists in that space, lots of taxpayer waste — and this could end *very* badly.[/quote]

Charter schools were always Youngkin’s endgame. I’d also expect to see taxpayer subsidization of religious schools. He has no interest in improving the public schools whatsoever. That’s going to be a real shock to a lot of the MAGA parents when their mediocre, L/D kids aren’t offered a spot out and have to stay back in underfunded schools. [/quote]

Youngkin nominated Aimee Guidera as Secretary of Education.  Ms. Guidera has a long history of being a public school advocate with center-left groups.  Similar to President Obama and Clinton, Guidera has supported charter schools as well. Guidera was a strong ally of the Democrats in opposition to most conservatives during the last reauthorizaiton of the main federal K-12 law.  The organization she founded, DQC, is a well known primarily Democratically aligned organization at the federal level.  Guidera has a solid history of aligning with with anti-voucher groups and advocating for the Democrats for Education Reform agenda and initiatives such as Common Core.  Guidera's history suggests she is more aligned with never-Trumpers than MAGA types.  [/quote]

She’s a “school choice” advocate for a governor who wants to implement charters and vouchers.

[i]Aimee will be a critical partner in restoring expectations of excellence; overseeing a record education budget to invest in teachers, facilities and special education; [b]rolling out innovation lab and charter schools[/b]; and standing for a curriculum that prepares Virginia’s children for a dynamic future and removes politics from the classroom,” Youngkin said in a statement.

Guidera moved to Virginia in 1995 and her daughter attended Fairfax County Public Schools, Youngkin’s news release says.

“A nationally recognized leader, [b]Aimee is deeply respected for her distinguished career advocating for innovation and choice[/b], data-driven reform and high standards, and will apply these principles in order to implement the Day One Game Plan,” Youngkin said. 
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https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/virginias-state-schools-superintendent-is-stepping-down/

Definitely not what VA needs. [/quote]

Exactly what Virginia needs after the ridiculously bad Atif Qarni, one of Northam’s least impressive appointments.  Qarni was interested in nothing but dumbing down schools and repudiating the idea of merit. [/quote]

No. We support our strong public schools and don’t want to defund them. 
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If it wasn’t for SB1303 forcing districts like Arlington to not close, VA’s public schools would be even more undermined. The closed schoolers did more to push school choice in VA than any of us school choice advocates could have ever imagined. [b]My organization[/b] can’t thank Arlington and other Northern Virginia districts enough for closing schools last year so extraordinarily long.

The best part is how visible this area is to policymakers throughout the country. It really helped us push school choice elsewhere in the country too.[/quote]

You are a school choice lobbyist/advocate?

And you are aggressively fostering division about open/virtual schools…because it benefits your job?

Wow. People suck. 
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