Category Archives: EDUCATION

The First Rule About WCPSS Fight Club Is….

“Video showing a male student knocking out another on Apex High School’s campus is taking off on Twitter, less than 24 hours after the fight happened.”

Just what fresh Hell is this?? It’s like we’ve got a version of Fight Club going on right here in Wake County Public Schools.

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What They’re Saying About Education In NC – (10/16/15) #NCED

Some quick hits in education news from around the state of North Carolina… and Beyond.

#1 – June Atkinson Will Run For Re-Election
Bring it.
The moms fed up with Common Core are ready.

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Teacher Turnover For the Math Challenged

Folks seem to be doing a lot of Common Core math on Twitter lately. Even when one corrects that math, the fact remains that teachers leaving the state are a fraction of the turnover report and an even smaller fraction of … Continue reading

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Progress NC Comms Director Takes NC Education False Narratives To HuffPo

One has to laugh at the lengths at which Progress NC will go to in order promulgate their false education narratives.

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Letter To NC Common Core Commission: Consider The North Carolina Education Plan

The Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association has sent a letter to the NC Common Core Commission ( known as the ASRC) requesting that the commission consider the North Carolina Education Plan in their final recommendations on replacing Common Core.

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How You Kill Education In The United States: Merge DOL and DOE.

An article titled, Is It Time for a U.S. Department of Talent? over at The Atlantic is basically a blueprint for how one kills education dead in this country.

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