Category Archives: EDUCATION

Lt. Governor Forest Takes On NC Per Pupil Spending [Video]

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Various professional education protest groups (Aim Higher NC and their parent organization, Progress NC) have been up in arms for years about teacher pay and retention.

Now, these outfits are harping on per-pupil funding and supplies teachers buy out of their own pockets. Continue reading →

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WCPSS Board Justifies Cuts Effecting Classrooms While Making Multi-Million Land Purchase

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has a budget of over $1.4 billion dollars. WCPSS’s board has been wrestling with a budget gap of around $17.5 million.

In order to balance the budget, the WCPSS board has compiled a list of budget cuts. The vast majority of these cuts will impact the classroom directly. It appears the board has chosen the route that would yield the most pain for students and teachers.

Meanwhile, the board approved purchasing a car dealership’s property near downtown Raleigh to the tune of over $6.3 million dollars. Continue reading →

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Controversial NC Student Health Assessment Form Was Quietly Rewritten

Posted on August 18, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Last year parents were outraged to find out that the health assessment form required for entry into Kindergarten in North Carolina schools was being expanded to students of any age or grade level entering the system.

Parents were further outraged when they realized what the form actually asked for. Overly intrusive questions beyond what the law requires were on the form.

Questions included assessing whether or not a child had normal or abnormal genitals is just one example. Other inappropriate topic areas covered included asking if your baby was “full-term” and the form also asked about “trauma”, “family stress” and about your child’s personal/social development. Continue reading →

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Finally The Feminists Engage, Sue DOJ Over Transgender Edict

Posted on August 18, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Since the start of the bathroom wars, many have asked the question, where are the feminists? Well, a national group of feminists have answered on behalf of two women.

Albuquerque Journal reported:

A national group of “radical feminists” more commonly associated with fights for abortion and gay rights has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two Albuquerque women they say are at risk of greater violence, discomfort and oppression because of transgender policies in public schools. Continue reading →

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#AmplifyChoice: Eye-Popping Numbers On Admin Bloat vs Student Growth

Posted on August 17, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

On August 11th and 12th, the annual Amplify Choice conference, which focuses on school choice issues, was held in Denver, Colorado. During the conference, a presentation was given entitled, “The Economics of School Choice”.  The presentation was given by Ben Scafidi, … Continue reading →

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Math Is Hard for #WCPSS’s Tom Benton

Posted on August 16, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Wake County School Board member, Tom Benton, might be a Common Core math victim. Recently Benton told the News and Observer that per pupil spending was still “behind the 2008 level”:

“When we look at the amount of money per student, we are still behind the 2008 level,” said Wake County school board chairman Tom Benton. “The money from the state government has not kept pace with the growing student population.”

Is that true? What does the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) statistics say?

If you strictly go by DPI’s Fast Fact numbers which ignore the 5 year average capital dollars, then yes it would be. What is also lagging is federal dollars. Local dollars, however, are pretty close. Continue reading →

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