Achieving results Thank you for your continued coverage of the controversies in our city school system [“Fall into the gap,” 7 Days, May 3]. Many people are shocked by how heated and polarized the debate over the achievement gap has become. I think this polarization is a natural consequence of the personalities of those who […]
Achieving results Thank you for your continued coverage of the controversies in our city school system [“Fall into the gap,” 7 Days, May 3]. Many people are shocked by how heated and polarized the debate over the achievement gap has become. I think this polarization is a natural consequence of the personalities of those who […]
Reaping the benefits Your story, “Where do we go when we die?” was timely and informative [April 19]. Death and dying are topics we mostly try to ignore, hoping they will pass us by. In Sarah Cox’s section, “Paying the piper,” she failed to mention the most obvious resource for those unwilling to pay the […]
Ridge over troubled plotter Regarding your “Plan of inaction” article concerning new developments and the Ridge Street Neighborhood Association (RSNA) [The Week, April 19], your article would have been more accurate if you spent more time talking to ordinary people. I am not an officer of RSNA, but I have done a lot of leg-work […]
Learn about learning The angst currently characterizing the Charlottesville school community has recurred in school districts around this country countless times since mass schooling began [“There’s still time to fix the city schools,” March 29]. The reason for the upset goes beyond the current set of circumstances to deeper structural faults in America’s traditional school […]
Step into the gap Thank you for the first-rate article on solving the problem in our city schools [“There’s still time to fix the city schools,” March 29]. I was particularly glad that you focused attention on the importance of preschool. Recent research shows that half the achievement gap in high school dates back to […]
Contain yourself Rob Pates’ letter is very typical of anti-nukes since he obviously does not know the difference between the design of U.S. commercial nuclear power plants and Chernobyl [“What cost nukes,” Mailbag, March 22]. We cannot have a Chernobyl-like event in this country simply because our reactors are housed inside concrete containment buildings, whereas […]
Student council We are seventh graders that go to Burley Middle School. We wish to talk to you about the pros of nuclear energy and why the proposed nuclear reactors at Lake Anna are an excellent idea [“30 Miles to Meltdown,” The Week, February 22]. Energy is used in our everyday lives, but are some […]
Core issues I’d like to comment on Will Martin’s letter about Surry, and also about North Anna [“Virginia’s other nukes,” Mailbag, March 8]. His understanding is that nuclear plants were supposed to operate for about 30 years and then be decommissioned. The official number was 40 years, and at around 30 years the operator could […]
Green acres Inadvertently, I’m sure, City Planner Ron Higgins misspoke when he told C-VILLE [“Holmes on the range,” The Week, March 1] that vacant lots in Charlottesville “have been selling for as much as $60,000.” In my immediate neighborhood alone, I count five vacant lots that have sold in recent years for between $85,000 and […]
Dede Smith defended Recent letters to the C-VILLE Weekly [Mailbag, February 22] and The Daily Progress have seconded Mayor David Brown’s accusation that School Board President Dede Smith has failed to lead on the critical issues that face our schools: first and foremost, the enormous achievement gap between white and minority students. I would argue […]