Virginia Charter School & Reform Status with Rachel Anne Levy
The Commonwealth of Virginia, for better and worse, has been slow to adopt charter schools and a variety of other education policies common in other states, says Rachel Levy, Virginia resident, teacher, activist, and “All Things Education” blogger. Levy joined the Education Town Hall on February 11 to discuss the status of education and reform efforts in the Commonwealth. Conversation with Levy — who joined the show remotely from the hallways of the Virginia House of Delegates — included the pending “Virginia Charter School Bill,” parental involvement, teacher preparation and related topics. Listen to full discussion below —
Education Town Hall, 2/11/16. Segment begins at 35:30
Rachel Anne Levy lives in Ashland, Virginia, with her husband and three children. She was born in Washington, DC, and is a proud graduate of DC Public Schools. She got her BA from Wesleyan University in 1995 and her master’s degree in education with certification in secondary social studies and pk-12 ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) from The George Washington University in 1999.She has taught at a private Quaker school in Brooklyn, New York, in DC Public schools, in Albemarle County Public Schools, as an educator in Head Start classrooms for CYFS (Charlottesville Youth and Family Services), in evening classes for adults, and at a private preschool.
As a writer, she started her own education blog, All Things Education, in 2009. Her education writing and commentary has been featured in Blue Virginia, The Core Knowledge Blog, Joanne Jacobs’ Linking and thinking on education, So Educated, the Virginia Education Report, Education Week’s “Teacher in a Strange Land,” on Virginia Charter School & Reform Status with Rachel Anne Levy | Education Town Hall Forum: