They clear airspace just for his plane. There are constantly people clearing the way for him to walk. Every meal is prepared. Every action is planned. The number of security agents just assigned to him makes him one of the most "protected" people in the world. But if President Trump can get COVID-19, then anyone … Continue reading If The Most Protected Man In The Country Can Get It, Then…
No Plan Is The Best Plan To Reopen School Buildings Until NC…
No plan is the best plan for student learning right now. Too many variables to deal with. Health of students, health of teachers, safety protocols, reporting systems, contact tracing or the lack thereof, politics in an election year, parent concerns, remote learning, mental health, etc. You name it. What complicates things is that nothing has … Continue reading No Plan Is The Best Plan To Reopen School Buildings Until NC…
Censuring Was Not Good Enough For This School Board Member
Last week it became state-wide news when a school board member in Cabarrus County used a slur on a video conference for all to hear. Her apology given in the form of a letter did not suffice for this teacher who has a child with intellectual disabilities and cognitive delays. It seemed more like an … Continue reading Censuring Was Not Good Enough For This School Board Member
Actually Most Every Teacher Already Has An “Advanced Role” – The NCGA Forced Them On Us
In the summer of 2017, BEST NC released an op-ed on EdNC.org about Shamrock Gardens Elementary School and their use of “advanced roles” for educators. And the piece made reference to BEST NC’s Education Innovation Plan, a bit of which is outlined below. Advanced roles have been a hot topic before and has come back into the … Continue reading Actually Most Every Teacher Already Has An “Advanced Role” – The NCGA Forced Them On Us
This Combover Could Pay Two Teachers
Remember when Mark Johnson talked about how the teacher starting salary in NC was really good? January 26, 2018: During a question-and-answer session Thursday at the N.C. School Boards Association’s policy conference in Raleigh, Johnson said that the base state starting salary of $35,000 for North Carolina teachers was “good money” and “a lot of … Continue reading This Combover Could Pay Two Teachers
This Candidate Needs To Clarify Her Stance On Graduate Degree Pay For Teachers (Because Her “University” Is Saying Something Else)
In 2013, the NC General Assembly took away graduate degree pay raises for new teacher hires. Pat McCrory was the governor of NC at that time. Candidate for the office of state superintendent Catherine Truitt was for a time a senior education advisor for then Gov. McCrory. Apparently her ideas on how to "improve" education … Continue reading This Candidate Needs To Clarify Her Stance On Graduate Degree Pay For Teachers (Because Her “University” Is Saying Something Else)
About That Apology From The School Board Member Who Used The “R” Word
What happened last week during a virtual meeting of the Cabarrus County Board of Education has already made many headlines across the state. Yet, if you have not heard about it, a member, Laura Blackwell, responded to another board member with a derogatory term that is considered offensive without turning off her audio feed. From … Continue reading About That Apology From The School Board Member Who Used The “R” Word
If This Man Is Elected, He Will Be On The State Board Of Education For Public Schools
This is not the kind of person who needs to be on the State Board of Education. As a teacher in a public school, I am bound to keep my classroom as free of prejudice, racism, and other forms of discrimination as humanly possible. I would expect that from an elected official who was to … Continue reading If This Man Is Elected, He Will Be On The State Board Of Education For Public Schools
An Actual GOP Bill That May Allow “Genital Checks” For High School Female Sports
Remember the bathroom bill constructed by then state legislator Dan Bishop called HB2? One of the nebulous things about that bill was how gender would be determined if it needed to be checked on the spot. Not many people carried around birth certificates on their person. Maybe the bill needed to have had a provision … Continue reading An Actual GOP Bill That May Allow “Genital Checks” For High School Female Sports
This Person Claims In The Last 30 Years “We Haven’t Moved The Needle On Student Achievement.” Well…
Funny to think that based on the research that Kris Nordstrom posts about here that there is a distinctive timeline that Catherine Truitt seems to ignore. In a debate last week Truitt claimed that in the last 30 years "we haven't moved the needle on student achievement." Let's look at the last 30 years. That … Continue reading This Person Claims In The Last 30 Years “We Haven’t Moved The Needle On Student Achievement.” Well…
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