Category Archives: EDUCATION

Teacher shortage? How about 7,300 backlogged applications?

The narrative is we have a teacher shortage.

In February, Superintendent June Atkinson blamed the shortage on not enough teachers entering the profession.

The truth is we have 7,300 backlogged teacher licensing applications in this state. Continue reading

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Return Of The Jedi? NC Fights Back Against DOJ

Anyone who knows even a little bit about Star Wars knows that Return of the Jedi was a resounding rejection of the evil Sith, an oppressive regime and the Dark Side of the force.

So it goes with North Carolina. The Jedi have returned. Continue reading

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NC Officials Present Unified Front In Face Of DOJ Threats – #HB2

Yesterday, the Obama administration’s Department of Justice sent threatening letters to both Governor McCrory and also to UNC’s Margaret Spellings.

The letters basically threatened North Carolina’s Title IX funding. The letters allege that HB 2 violated the Civil Rights Act and Title IX. The letters provide a May 9th deadline for responding. Continue reading

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Contract for KEA Still Including All 5 Domains

In the March contracts update at the State Board of Education meeting, the first contract on the list is for the KEA — Kindergarten Entry Assessment.

DPI scaled back the implementation of all five domains, but from the looks of it, DPI is back on track to implement all five domains at some point anyway. But what is concerning is that the contract now mentions “writing learning progressions for eight domains”. Continue reading

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WCPSS Backtracks On Pledge Of Allegiance Nonsense

The Wake County School Board has backtracked on a proposed policy change regarding the Pledge of Allegiance. Continue reading

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WCPSS: Eat Your Peas For $45 more Bucks a Year

WCPSS finally seeing the impact of Michelle Obama’s nasty tasting school food. Kids are buying school meals less and less, which to WCPSS means raising prices…

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