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Sen. Stein Politicizing, Giving Misinformation On Common Core
At a panel discussion hosted by Public Schools First NC on May 3rd, several legislators were on hand to discuss teacher pay and Common Core. Democrat State Senator Josh Stein upheld the tradition of...
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Ruling Against Opportunity Scholarships For Low Income Kids To Be Appealed
Yesterday, Judge Hobgood ruled against Opportunity Scholarships for low-income and at risk kids. Today, we find that NC Attorney General Roy Cooper will appeal the decision. N.C. Attorney General Roy...
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‘Average Teacher’ In Hagan Ad Tied To BluePrintNC
In the NC Senate race, Kay Hagan has decided to use a 'war on schools' theme for her attacks on Thom Tillis. The NEA advocacy fund has an ad out which leads with a Chapel Hill teacher named Vivian...
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A Response To Public Schools First’s Common Core Propaganda Piece
I found this article at the Common Core pushing Public Schools First NC site linking to my site. In the article, they quote me on Common Core: 2. and 3. “The standards are dumbing down the kids”/ “The...
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What They’re Saying About Education In NC (5/8/15) #NCed
Here are a couple of quick hits in NC Education news, mostly dealing with Wake County. 1. New Principal appointed at Lead Mine Rd Elementary after parents complained about Principal April Hill....
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Another Common Core Potemkin Village Exposed By A “Parent”
Earlier this week the NC Common Core commission or Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) met and allowed for parents to comment. See my earlier article, NC Common Core #ASRC June Meeting Update...
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Here Comes The Teacher Resignation Narrative… Again.
Over at WBTV, the headline looms: Nearly 1,000 CMS Teachers Resign As Educators Lobby Lawmakers. The thrust of the article is that teachers are resigning in "unprecedented" numbers in Charlotte...
View ArticleLeft-Leaning ‘Education Non-Profits’ Step Up Attacks On #SchoolChoice Kids,...
Left-leaning groups like the NC Public Schools Forum and very left of center groups like Public Schools First NC have stepped up their attacks on school choice students and families. These type of...
View ArticleThe public deserves to know about the de facto PR firms of the WCPSS board
It's high time someone called out WCPSS' unofficial PR firms: Public Schools First NC, Great Schools in Wake and the Wake Ed Partnership. Continue reading →
View ArticleSupt. Candidate forum highlights divide between support for systems versus...
Through the questions asked, a stark difference between the two candidates became clear: Mangrum, backed by the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE), supports systems and the status quo, whereas Truitt...
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