Bad things are happening in Virginia.  As a public institution, our schools are part of a system ''for, by, and of'' the people.  Increasingly, the public has allowed too much distance between themselves and the decision-making that drives policy in our schools.  I can't help but feel that political and educational leaders are fine with this.  It ...

It is hard to believe that what this post's title suggests is even possible, but just a short time ago the Underground had only a limited knowledge of what was happening everywhere across this great country. Then we started a blog. Look at us now. Frightening huh? In an effort to foster similar growth among our ''audience''(both of you) we'd ...