With former Lieutenant Governor and Ralph Northam (D) winning the Virginia gubernatorial election, a lot of people are speculating about what changes will occur under his command.
While most of his campaign had to do with immigration issues, he had a lot to say about education system.
As high school students, this is important to know about.
One major change is that Northam wants to either modify or put an end to the Standards of Learning test, better known as the SOL.
This is because he believes that with modern jobs, children need to think more outside the box, and not just answer multiple choice questions.
Additionally, Northam plans on improving and expanding the STEAM program.
He wants to attempt to reach out to engineering and technology companies, so that students have a chance at learning about new topics such as coding, which would open them up to many more well paying jobs,.
Another very important change is that Northam wants to lower the price of local community colleges.
He also wants to offer more apprenticeships to students that do not want to or cannot go to college.
This is a fabulous idea because it would let a lot of people get degrees that they didn’t have access to in previous times.
It would also help students who do not want to go to college get hands-on-experience for jobs that would have otherwise hired college educated students
Northam has many interesting and new endeavors in his plan to improve the education system in this state.
If he is able to follow through on all of his promises, a lot of people who did not have the chance to attend tertiary schools will finally have that opportunity, and that in itself is a win.