Category Archives: Big Ed Complex

Durham teacher union pushing for $15 minimum wage for all educational staff

Posted on November 23, 2020 by A.P. Dillon

The Durham Association of Educators (DAE) is pushing for a $15 minimum wage for all Durham County Public School staff.  Continue reading →

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Supt. Candidate forum highlights divide between support for systems versus students

Posted on September 17, 2020 by A.P. Dillon

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 consistently seemed back whatever choice best fit students. Continue reading →

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Petition calls for Wake County Schools to remove Black Lives Matter website, training

Posted on August 16, 2020 by A.P. Dillon

A petition with over 1,260 signatures is calling on Wake County Public Schools to remove Marxist Black Lives Matter curriculum and training and to “cease providing politically biased material promoting BLM content to children and teachers.”

Specifically mentioned in the petition is the removal of a Black Lives Matter themed website created by the district’s Office of Equity Affairs that was first reported by A.P. Dillon on June 12 of this year. Continue reading →

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NC State Board of Ed hold on Social Studies changes, will include Social Justice and Racial Issue

Posted on July 10, 2020 by A.P. Dillon

At the monthly State Board of Education meeting on July 8, the board postponed a vote on alterations to the state’s social studies standards to add more content on “hard truths” about slavery, racism in addition to current changes which will include “perspectives of racial, ethnic, gender, and identity minority groups.” Continue reading →

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WCPSS’s Office of Equity Affairs rolls out Black Lives Matter website

Posted on June 12, 2020 by A.P. Dillon

The Wake County Public School’s Office of Equity Affairs (OEA) has created a Black Lives Matter themed website to provide “resources” to teachers in order to “teach the movement” in their classrooms. Continue reading →

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Buffy is still right about homeschooling

Posted on April 20, 2020 by A.P. Dillon

In a Harvard Magazine article, Elizabeth Bartholet, faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Child Advocacy Program, makes a number of pretty outrageous – and demonstrably false – claims about homeschooling.  Continue reading →

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