The North Carolina State Supreme Court has agreed to hear the lawsuit that the State Board of Education has against State Superintendent Mark Johnson. Rather it is a lawsuit that the state board has against the certain GOP stalwarts within the NC General Assembly who view Johnson as the perfect puppet to help push through … Continue reading NC State Board of Education Vs. Mark Johnson and the Fight to Keep Public Schools “Public”
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When .gov Allows .edu To Be Governed By .com – North Carolina’s Allegiance to EVAAS
At the beginning of each school year, I am required to fully disclose my syllabus to all perspective students and parents. On the first day of class, I give each student a set of rubrics that I use to gauge written work throughout the year. Any student can ask how any assessment was graded and … Continue reading When .gov Allows .edu To Be Governed By .com – North Carolina’s Allegiance to EVAAS
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The New North Carolina State Report Cards And What They Really Show
“The transformation of our public education system will open true pathways out of poverty.” – Mark Johnson, September 7th, 2016 from an op-ed entitled “Our American Dream” (https://www.ednc.org/2016/09/07/our-american-dream/). This week State Superintendent of Public Schools Mark Johnson presented a new school report card interface and “updated features” so that the public can view school … Continue reading The New North Carolina State Report Cards And What They Really Show
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The Irony of Mark Johnson’s Latest Hire (And What It Communicates)
There’s a task force in Raleigh trying to blindly reformulate how public schools are funded. There are more studies coming out suggesting that charter schools are increasing segregation amongst students. There is an unfunded class size mandate that the state senate refuses to deal with. There’s a court case in which the mostly GOP-appointed state … Continue reading The Irony of Mark Johnson’s Latest Hire (And What It Communicates)
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Dear State Supt. Johnson: Are You Actually Going To Take A Stand or Continue Rubber-Stamping?
What happened this past week with the state superintendent’s office is yet another example of the redundant walking contradiction that is the tenure of Mark Johnson. On Friday it was announced that State Superintendent Mark Johnson hired two new staff members: an associate state superintendent for early childhood education and a leader for the school … Continue reading Dear State Supt. Johnson: Are You Actually Going To Take A Stand or Continue Rubber-Stamping?
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School Districts Don’t Need to Manage Money “Better” – Lawmakers Need to Better Fund Schools
Today Lindsay Wagner posted an incredible piece concerning the class size mandate that Raleigh has placed on K-3 classrooms and the effects on local school systems. In "Without action, class size mandate threatens Pre-K in some school districts" on the Public School Forum of North Carolina website, Wagner focuses on Warren County's situation. Without the … Continue reading School Districts Don’t Need to Manage Money “Better” – Lawmakers Need to Better Fund Schools
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Survey Monkeys and Publicly Funded Private School Basketball Teams – Mark Johnson’s Search for Wasteful Spending
Today a report from WRAL highlighted Mark Johnson’s declaration that he had found wasteful spending within the Department of Public Instruction. In “NC superintendent slams 'disturbing' spending at state education agency,” Kelly Hinchcliffe begins, “State Superintendent Mark Johnson listened last week as State Board of Education members bemoaned the millions of dollars in recent budget cuts to … Continue reading Survey Monkeys and Publicly Funded Private School Basketball Teams – Mark Johnson’s Search for Wasteful Spending
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Our Schools Are Not Failing; Our Policy Makers Are – On Raleigh’s New Way of Measuring Schools
When you are the North Carolina General Assembly and you want to stop a string of court decisions that have declared your unconstitutional acts “unconstitutional,” then you change the judicial system in your favor. Or at least try. When you are the North Carolina General Assembly and you want to remain in power on West … Continue reading Our Schools Are Not Failing; Our Policy Makers Are – On Raleigh’s New Way of Measuring Schools
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The State Superintendent Needs Someone to Speak For Him – Someone Who Speaks With Details Is Preferred
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has begun to use the $700,000 of tax payer money given to him by the NC General Assembly to begin hiring people who can help carry out his nebulous, amorphous, and ambiguous agenda that has been long in the making but short in the doing. That $700,000 dollars is specifically for … Continue reading The State Superintendent Needs Someone to Speak For Him – Someone Who Speaks With Details Is Preferred
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The State Superintendent, Robeson County, and the Innovative School District
The special session of the GOP-controlled North Carolina General Assembly that convened last December was nothing but a power-grab for a party that had lost control of the governor’s mansion. One of the most egregious acts was HB17 which transferred significant powers from the State Board of Education to the newly elected state superintendent Mark … Continue reading The State Superintendent, Robeson County, and the Innovative School District
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