News today that a "fix" for the class size mandate was "agreed" upon by both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly should seem like a welcome outcome. On the surface, it is a victory for parents, advocates, and schools in that the mandate will be pushed back for a while and some extra funding … Continue reading HB90 Shows That NC’s Public School Children Are Political Pawns
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“There Are Lots of Things We Do That We Don’t Even Know That We Did” – The Unsafe Legal Loopholes of NC Charter Schools
Yesterday, the 12th school shooting of 2018 took place in Los Angeles. A 12-year-old girl was booked on a charge of negligent discharge of a firearm after two students were shot in a Los Angeles middle school classroom on Thursday, police said. A 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head was in critical condition, … Continue reading “There Are Lots of Things We Do That We Don’t Even Know That We Did” – The Unsafe Legal Loopholes of NC Charter Schools
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A Pathetic Rebuttal – The John Locke Foundation’s Weak Attempt to Discredit the Quality Counts Education Report
In the days since Education Week released its yearly report, “Quality Counts 2018: Grading the States,” people at the John Locke Foundation have gone out of their way to debunk the report’s findings. This year, NC was ranked 40th down two spots from last year and down 21 spots since it peaked at 19th in … Continue reading A Pathetic Rebuttal – The John Locke Foundation’s Weak Attempt to Discredit the Quality Counts Education Report
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An Open Letter to Rep. Craig Horn About The Class Size Mandate Complete With a Churchill Reference
Dear Rep. Horn, A news article today that some sort of solution will be reached concerning the class size mandate and its consequences was certainly welcome to many public school advocates. As Billy Ball reported on NC Policy Watch’s website, A plan to resolve North Carolina’s class size crisis is in the works and should … Continue reading An Open Letter to Rep. Craig Horn About The Class Size Mandate Complete With a Churchill Reference
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About the NC Gerrymandered Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform
Beginning this month, a “Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform” is meeting in Raleigh to start “investigating” how to “best” fund public schools with state money. And they are now looking at possibly eliminating the salary schedule for public school teachers and what might be another disastrous, planned “reform.” As Billy Ball reported … Continue reading About the NC Gerrymandered Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform
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About That John Hood Op-ed on Teacher Pay and “Reasoned Debate”
As the president of the John William Pope foundation and chairman of the board at the libertarian think tank John Locke Foundation, John Hood serves more as a mouthpiece that represents a political ideology which obeys the policies of the American Legislative Exchange Council more than it considers the average North Carolinian. On issues such … Continue reading About That John Hood Op-ed on Teacher Pay and “Reasoned Debate”
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Every Principal in NC Has The Right to Speak Out Against This New Principal Pay Plan – It’s “Political Crap”
“Legislation is not an exact science. We do things that we think will help solve an issue.” – Craig Horn in EdNC.org on Sept. 21, 2017. Rep. Craig Horn’s quote was in response to what he called “overblown fears” concerning the new principal pay plan newly implemented this school year (https://www.ednc.org/2017/09/21/principal-pay-situation/). However, considering what this … Continue reading Every Principal in NC Has The Right to Speak Out Against This New Principal Pay Plan – It’s “Political Crap”
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The NC General Assembly Should Cap Class Sizes and Fund For Arts and PE – Jesus and Churchill Would. It’s About Investing In Our Kids, Not Using Them As Pawns.
Arika Herron’s recent Winston-Salem Journal column this past Sunday entitled “Too big to learn? Schools seeking waivers for exceeding class-size limits” brought to mind the ongoing disconnect that legislative leaders in our state have with reality when it comes to curbing class sizes in public schools. As reported last fall in a variety of media … Continue reading The NC General Assembly Should Cap Class Sizes and Fund For Arts and PE – Jesus and Churchill Would. It’s About Investing In Our Kids, Not Using Them As Pawns.
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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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