From NC Policy Watch on June 28th: Jen Mangrum, a college professor and former elementary school teacher, says she has a July 12 appeal date in her bid to challenge Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger this fall. Mangrum, a Democrat, is seeking to remain a candidate in Senate District 30. The seat’s currently held by Berger, … Continue reading July 12th, 2018 is a Big Day For North Carolina Public Education
Month: July 2018
Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured
Despite what lawmakers and reformers may say, you can’t really be measured. In fact, those who are measuring you do not have instruments complex enough to really gauge your effectiveness. If you are a public school teacher in North Carolina, you are always under a bit of a microscope when it comes to accountability. Everybody … Continue reading Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured
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Dear Dr. Marzano, Even You Have the Right to be Wrong
If you have been a teacher for any number of years, you have come across the writings and research of Dr. Robert Marzano. Workshops, professional development, and PLT's frequently reference him and his work quite often. There is still a copy of Classroom Instruction That Works on one of my bookshelves in the basement. A … Continue reading Dear Dr. Marzano, Even You Have the Right to be Wrong
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When The John Locke Foundation Validates A Collective Voice For Teachers and Red4EdNC
In today's online edition of The News & Observer, T. Keung Hui published a piece focusing on the Red4EdNC movement and its initiative to create a teacher congress in helping advance the momentum of May 16th's teacher rally in Raleigh and keep pressure on the NC General Assembly to fully fund public schools (https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article214446374.html). The … Continue reading When The John Locke Foundation Validates A Collective Voice For Teachers and Red4EdNC
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Our State Superintendent Will Rally, Just Not For Public Schools
Rally (noun) – 1a : a mustering of scattered forces to renew an effort 2: a mass meeting intended to arouse group enthusiasm (merriam-webster.com) The following tweet came from our state superintendent on June 25th of this year. It is the right of every American to come together and peacefully speak out for an issue. What someone rallies for speaks … Continue reading Our State Superintendent Will Rally, Just Not For Public Schools
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So, How Is That Betsy DeVos Thing Working Out For Us? Not Well.
It has been a year and a half since Donald Trump made Betsy DeVos his selection as Secretary of Education and thus began a much maligned tenure of one of the most controversial cabinet members in recent history. DeVos’s resume coming into the office was not impressive and certainly one that displayed an unqualified individual … Continue reading So, How Is That Betsy DeVos Thing Working Out For Us? Not Well.
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How Easily Supt. Johnson Could Have Prevented the Recent Department of Public Instruction Purge…
...but it would mean going against the wishes of those who control him, and it would also break tradition of actually serving the public school system. From WRAL's Kelly Hinchcliffe this past June 29: State Superintendent Mark Johnson announced Friday that the Department of Public Instruction is eliminating 61 positions – 40 employees and 21 … Continue reading How Easily Supt. Johnson Could Have Prevented the Recent Department of Public Instruction Purge…
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What AP Scores Can Show and Never Will
By now most students who took an Advanced Placement test have received their scores and with those scores can sometimes come a collision between expectations and what a "piece of paper" says. In a state where students are asked to take more rigorous courses in an academic environment where everyone is always measured with some … Continue reading What AP Scores Can Show and Never Will
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Open Letter to the Registered Voter Who Believes in Public Schools
The current General Assembly majority is very scared of public school teachers and those who support them. Without their support in this next election cycle, many candidates for office simply cannot win. That’s why the NCGA majority has touted so many “band-aid” style electioneering schemes to make them appear pro-public education. Nothing could be further … Continue reading Open Letter to the Registered Voter Who Believes in Public Schools
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(I)ntruding on (S)chools (D)eliberately – Why There is Nothing Innovative About NC’s ISD Reform
As the first school in the Innovative School District, Southside-Ashpole Elementary will "re-open" with a staff that only returns at most four familiar teachers and will also have 6 beginning teachers. A small tight-knit community whose school serves a high-poverty population will reconvene with a staff that just experienced a turnover rate of over … Continue reading (I)ntruding on (S)chools (D)eliberately – Why There is Nothing Innovative About NC’s ISD Reform
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