Today, ExcelinEd in Action board member Eric Cantor published an op-ed urging Virginia Governor McAuliffe to sign legislation necessary to expand quality charter schools into the Virginia neighborhoods that need them most.

Mr. Cantor previously served as the United States Representative for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District and House Majority Leader. Read his op-ed below.

Virginia Governor McAuliffe can improve education for underserved kids 
Richmond Times-Dispatch 
February 27, 2017
By: Eric CantorVirginians take pride in the achievement of our public school students.

Their success is reflected on the highly regarded federal test — the National Assessment of Educational Progress — which shows that our fourth- and eighth-graders surpass the national average in both reading and math, sometimes by healthy margins.

But a deeper dive into the data shows this success is not uniform for all our children. …