Welcome to Blackwater Charter School, Home of the Mercenaries and pioneers of the “Pyramid Scheme Curriculum.” Considering that the new Secretary of Education appointee is married to the heir of the Amway fortune, a pyramid selling scheme, and sister of the founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince , the idea of such a school is not … Continue reading Welcome to Betsy DeVos’s BLACKWATER CHARTER SCHOOL, Home of the “Mercenaries” and Pioneers of the Pyramid Scheme Curriculum
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Betsy DeVos -The Worst Choice for Secretary of Education
Picking Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education is like letting an arsonist loose in a drought-ridden forest and giving her gasoline and matches to play with. Furthermore, she controls the weather. It’s a terrible choice by President-elect Trump and an indication that the privatization movement that already has a head start in North Carolina … Continue reading Betsy DeVos -The Worst Choice for Secretary of Education
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Excuse Me, Elected Officials? It’s Okay to Listen to Others
It’s OK to listen to others. On November 8th North Carolina elected/reelected to serve in the NCGA, and while I may bemoan the fact that there still exists a supermajority in the General Assembly for the GOP, I hope that the actions seen in other states’ races and ballot items might allow for some perspective … Continue reading Excuse Me, Elected Officials? It’s Okay to Listen to Others
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Dear North Carolina General Assembly – Don’t Take Away The Arts and PE Because “Specialties Are Necessities”
Dear Members of the NCGA, I am sure that many of you are familiar with Don McLean’s famous song “American Pie.” It has been the subject of tremendous amounts of explication. Websites devoted to explaining all of the lyrics and all of the rumored allusions can take a day or two to just peruse, but McLean … Continue reading Dear North Carolina General Assembly – Don’t Take Away The Arts and PE Because “Specialties Are Necessities”
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Bye, Bye Miss American Pie -Keeping “Specialties” in Schools
“A long long time ago I can still remember how That music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep … Continue reading Bye, Bye Miss American Pie -Keeping “Specialties” in Schools
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Open Letter to the Registered Voter Who Believes in Public Schools
Note: I have combed through all of my op-eds, posts, rants, and lists and compiled from them what follows as a last posting to help get people to vote next Tuesday for pro-public education candidates. The current General Assembly and governor are very scared of public school teachers and those who support them. Without their … Continue reading Open Letter to the Registered Voter Who Believes in Public Schools
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When a Teacher Plagiarizes
I have made the assertion that there are people that I have plagiarized in my life. There’s my uncle Mike, who was a teacher like I am now. There was Ed who we lost this past year whose life will always be a living example of what I try and do. Both men have/had something … Continue reading When a Teacher Plagiarizes
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Protected: An Open Letter to Rep. Craig Horn – Someone Plagiarized Your “Incontrovertible Truths”
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About That Guest Column Today in the Winston-Salem Journal – Concerning “Intellectual Dishonesty”
Nothing is ours but our language, our phrasing. If a man takes that from me (knowingly, purposely) he is a thief. If he takes it unconsciously--snaking it out of some old secluded corner of his memory, and mistaking it for a new birth instead of a mummy -- he is no thief, and no man … Continue reading About That Guest Column Today in the Winston-Salem Journal – Concerning “Intellectual Dishonesty”
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Map It And It Becomes Very Apparent That Medicaid Expansion Refusal Affects Schools
On Sept. 5th, I constructed a post concerning the high correlation between poverty, school performance grades, and the gerrymandered districts within North Carolina. Yesterday, NC Policy Watch referenced a study by the North Carolina Poverty Research Fund in Chapel Hill entitled “Putting a Face on Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina.” You can reference it here: http://www.law.unc.edu/documents/poverty/publications/medicaid_report_final.pdf … Continue reading Map It And It Becomes Very Apparent That Medicaid Expansion Refusal Affects Schools
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