If you have not noticed the abundance of glossy fliers that teachers are passing around to students all over the state at the behest of Mark Johnson, then you are in the minority. One of them pertains to encouraging students to consider teaching as a career when they enter the workforce. Almost all of the … Continue reading Glossy Propaganda And The Need To Add Questions To The Working Conditions Survey
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How the NCGA “Steals and Spends” Much Needed Local Supplements
The “average” salary for a North Carolina teacher has been reported to be over $53,000. Mark Johnson claims that number. The leaders of the NCGA claim it. Many people who argue that teachers already make enough as it is with all of those “historic” raises claim it. Here is the newest salary schedule. So how … Continue reading How the NCGA “Steals and Spends” Much Needed Local Supplements
Stuart Egan: Graphics That Demonstrate the War on Public Schools in North Carolina
Thank you Dr. Ravitch!
Stuart Egan has gathered some powerful graphics that demonstrate the war on public schools and their teachers in North Carolina.
You will see, for example, that school grades are not a measure of school quality. They are quite decisively a measure of the affluence or poverty of the students who attend the school.
The schools are underfunded, teachers are underpaid, and fraudulent measures are used to assess students, teachers, and schools.
“Inclusion” Benefits All in the Classroom
My younger child is a what many may call “special” and “unique.” His cognitive and developmental delays will not allow him to be as academically proficient with his same- aged-peers. His speech is sometimes hard to understand, and he acts on impulse and immediate needs in a manner that others may find inconvenient. He will … Continue reading “Inclusion” Benefits All in the Classroom
The Lack of “Innovation” and Mark Johnson’s Urgently Depersonalized Definition of the “American Dream”
“Innovation,” “urgency,” "personalized" and “American Dream” - the four most overused, underdefined, and glossed over buzzwords that have continuously flowed forth from Mark Johnson's rehearsed speech given in multiple forms. This past week Johnson was a keynote speaker for the North Carolina PTA's annual convention in Charlotte. His presence as the state superintendent makes him … Continue reading The Lack of “Innovation” and Mark Johnson’s Urgently Depersonalized Definition of the “American Dream”
I Have This Cousin-In-Law Who Just Did Something Remarkable…
except to those who really know him because they know the amazing drive and spirit he embodies. If you know me, then I have told you of the uncle whose love of teaching I plagiarized, his wife my aunt, whose roles on screen and television I get to brag about, and their daughters whom I … Continue reading I Have This Cousin-In-Law Who Just Did Something Remarkable…
15 Visuals That Show The Attack on Public Schools in NC
From the recent Public School Forum of North Carolina’s report on top ten issues in NC education. Source: Kris Nordstrom
Mark Johnson Loves “Dashboards.” Would He Consider This One? Concerning the New SAT “Adversity” Score.
This week it was reported that the College Board would be applying a score to a student's SAT performance that is linked to that student's socioeconomic status. From CNN.com. The nonprofit group that administers the SAT said Thursday it will assign a score to students who take the test to reflect their social and economic … Continue reading Mark Johnson Loves “Dashboards.” Would He Consider This One? Concerning the New SAT “Adversity” Score.
Betsy DeVos’s Tweet About Brown vs. Board of Ed. And What She & NC Still Have to Learn
Today, Betsy DeVos tweeted the following. "Educational freedom" and "equal educational opportunities" don't mean the same things. Not in the public school landscape in this country or especially in North Carolina. What Brown vs. Board was outlaw school segregation, but systemic racism is still rampant, both overtly and covertly. Let us as a state be … Continue reading Betsy DeVos’s Tweet About Brown vs. Board of Ed. And What She & NC Still Have to Learn
If the NCGA Looks to the NEA for Average Salaries, Then Will They Accept This?
Many in Raleigh who defend the ill-tempered reforms that have been introduced over the last eight years point to the NEA's calculations of "average" teacher pay as evidence of "progress" in the public education system due to those reforms. But will they give the same credence to the the National Education Association for this report … Continue reading If the NCGA Looks to the NEA for Average Salaries, Then Will They Accept This?
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