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Outsourcing Our Kids For Profit – Rep. Rob Bryan and Sen. Chad Barefoot Will Have Much to Answer For in The Future

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Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results is a classic definition of insanity. Thinking it will be different because you changed localities is nothing more than hoping for a geographical cure. Neither is very healthy. But if the true motive behind it is profit, then people might just say anything … Continue reading Outsourcing Our Kids For Profit – Rep. Rob Bryan and Sen. Chad Barefoot Will Have Much to Answer For in The Future

Gollum and his “Precious” – The Achievement School District and What is in Its Pocketses

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Yep - I went there.   In the latest besmirching of public schools, leaders of the Senate Education Committee gave their approval to an Achievement School District in North Carolina, a GOP backed endeavor that places low performing schools from poverty stricken areas in the hands of out-of-state, for-profit charter organizations. Past ASD “experiments” have … Continue reading Gollum and his “Precious” – The Achievement School District and What is in Its Pocketses

How Chris Farley and Tommy Boy Accurately Explain Rep. Brockman’s Comments About Teachers and ASD

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I miss Chris Farley. His stint on Saturday Night Live is still memorable. There’s that opening number with Patrick Swayze where he and Swayze were competing for a spot in the Chioppendale dancers. Then there’s Matt Foley, a motivational speaker who lives “in a van down by the river.” But my favorite Chris Farley performance … Continue reading How Chris Farley and Tommy Boy Accurately Explain Rep. Brockman’s Comments About Teachers and ASD

Another Stupid Decision – An Open Letter to Rep. Rob Bryan Concerning ASD

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In a vote of 18 to 11, you and the House Committee on Education, pushed through a bill that would establish an ASD (Achievement School District) in North Carolina allowing the control of some of our low-performing schools to be outsourced to out-of-state entities. Why? It is egregious that a leading legislator who claims to … Continue reading Another Stupid Decision – An Open Letter to Rep. Rob Bryan Concerning ASD