Virginia Walden Ford Virginia is a national board member and a founding member of The Black Alliance for Educational Options, Inc. She also serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee of the US Civil Rights Commission, and serves as executive director of D.C. Parents for School Choice, Inc. which she founded in 1998.
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Today is the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared unconstitutional separate public schools for black and white students. The… Read More
As we continue to promote school choice around our great nation, especially during Black History Month, I have been thinking a lot about my own… Read More
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This week, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. My own journey—to provide an opportunity for quality education for all children—began in… Read More
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More and more moms across the nation are becoming involved in how their children are learning and what lies ahead for them in obtaining the… Read More
When Congress began phasing-out the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program in 2009, some parents were forced to send their kids to public schools that are failing… Read More
Today marks the beginning of National School Choice Week, a time when school choice advocates across the nation will hold events to highlight effective educational… Read More
Watching Waiting for Superman last week left me exhausted. For too many years, education reformers have fought hard against the very injustices in the education… Read More
Writing in the Washington Post over the weekend, self-proclaimed school choice supporter Jay Matthews argued that its time to give up on the D.C. school… Read More
Everyone has been so excited about the Obama children’s first week in school in the District. As a parent I am happy that the President-elect… Read More
As the single mother of a child who received a scholarship for disadvantaged children to attend a private school, I’ve seen how school choice can… Read More
