“Collaborate” :intransitive verb. Noun form is “collaboration” - 1:to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor Simply put, collaboration as described in that first definition from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website is the best resource/tool that a school can have and that leaders can encourage. What makes schools work best are the … Continue reading Collaboration. Not Competition. That’s What We Need For Public Schools.
North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly’s Greatest Fear – A Well-Educated General Public
(1) General and uniform system: term. The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students. – NC State Constitution. There is one thing that the … Continue reading The North Carolina General Assembly’s Greatest Fear – A Well-Educated General Public
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Dear Sen. Barefoot, The Next NCGA Special Session Should be in an Elementary School Trailer
Dear Sen. Barefoot, A recent report from WRAL brought again to mind the efforts that you specifically have made to handcuff school districts in meeting class size requirements without fully funding public schools. The foreseen problems of the folly that was the HB13 bill you shepherded are now manifesting themselves, specifically in Wake County. From … Continue reading Dear Sen. Barefoot, The Next NCGA Special Session Should be in an Elementary School Trailer
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Open Letter to the NCGA Concerning Bonus Pay for Teachers
Dear members of the North Carolina General Assembly, This may not be a popular opinion, but it is one that is a matter of principle to me. I will be receiving the maximum in bonuses this year for having a certain number of students pass the AP English Language and Composition Exam for the 2016-2017. … Continue reading Open Letter to the NCGA Concerning Bonus Pay for Teachers
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Don’t Mistake My “Exaggeration” For Your Active Ignorance – A Somewhat Rational Response to the John Locke Foundation
Reading educational perspectives from John Hood and the John Locke Foundation is like opening a letter with a nice stamp, a handwritten address, and some hearts drawn on the outside. Yet, once you open it up, what falls out is nothing but glitter. No letter. Nothing really of substance. Just a mess on the floor … Continue reading Don’t Mistake My “Exaggeration” For Your Active Ignorance – A Somewhat Rational Response to the John Locke Foundation
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The Total Soulless Educational Eclipse of 2017
On August 21, 2017 parts of western North Carolina will be subject to a total solar eclipse. Other parts of the state will certainly witness the once in a lifetime event. Ironically, most people affected by the eclipse will be in rural areas. On July 25, 2017 all of North Carolina became subject to another … Continue reading The Total Soulless Educational Eclipse of 2017
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The Elimination of ASW and the Intentions of the NCGA’s Budget Cuts to DPI
What follows in this post is another manifestation of the how the NC General Assembly is trying to weaken the Department of Public Instruction in such a way so that it can control as many aspects of teacher and school evaluation to validate its actions on what it perceives as school reform. For the past … Continue reading The Elimination of ASW and the Intentions of the NCGA’s Budget Cuts to DPI
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The NCGA’s Plan to Make School Performance Grades Fuel Voucher Expansion
Public Schools First NC (PSFNC.org), an organization that supports advocacy of public education in North Carolina, regularly sends out very informative factoids through social media that give texture to the landscape of the politics associated with public education. With the current recess of the General Assembly after its disastrous budget proposal for public education, … Continue reading The NCGA’s Plan to Make School Performance Grades Fuel Voucher Expansion
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North Carolina Should Get Back to the ROOTS of the Teaching Fellows Program, Not Just the STEM
It is rather odd that in the same session that produced the nebulous and de-professionalizing SB599 bill a sanitized and highly truncated version of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program was reintroduced. As reported by Matthew Adams in the “Under The Dome” section of the News & Observer on July 1st, North Carolina will pay … Continue reading North Carolina Should Get Back to the ROOTS of the Teaching Fellows Program, Not Just the STEM
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The Interrogatophobia of Betsy DeVos – Or, The Secretary’s Kryptonite
Interrogatophobia – (noun) The fear of being asked a straightforward question This post is not to dissect the various times that Betsy DeVos has appeared before a congressional committee to comment on her impending confirmation or her policies for protecting all students under the umbrella of civil rights. As the leader of the nation’s public … Continue reading The Interrogatophobia of Betsy DeVos – Or, The Secretary’s Kryptonite
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