Category Archives: Parental Rights

#NCED Updates: Coronavirus Edition – UPDATES

Posted on March 14, 2020 by

This installment of NCED Updates covers Coronavirus news impacting schools nationally and at the state level. Various NC education and national headlines are also included. Continue reading →

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The WCPSS plan to reassign your kid based on “Socioeconomic Index” scores

Posted on March 9, 2020 by

I was asked to consolidate the information about the Wake County School Board’s plan to assign/reassign children based on a socioeconomic score as a proxy for race. This article is the result. Continue reading →

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Wake County High School English teacher assigns a very “graphic” novel (Update: NOVEL PULLED)

Posted on March 8, 2020 by

On the reading list of an English III class at Apex Friendship High School in Wake County sits a book that holds a consistent place on the top ten list of most challenged books in the country. That book is the graphic novel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel. Continue reading →

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#WCPSS Updates: The BIMAS-2 pricetag for experimenting on our kids

Posted on November 17, 2019 by

This week’s WCPSS updates will cover one topic, the BIMAS-2. Also included are a few related headlines and the arrest of an assistant principal.  Continue reading →

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#WCPSS Updates: Mental health screenings, the latest reassignment plan draft and failing schools

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

#WCPSS Updates this week include the BIMAS-2, a subjective mental health screening being given at seemingly random school locations, the latest draft of the reassignment plan and schools that are failing. Continue reading →

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#WCPSS Updates: Heard about the BIMAS-2 yet? Plus, MVP drops their suit and a Magnet School Felon

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

Heard about the BIMAS-2 yet? It’s a pseudo-psychological assessment the district is using on students.
Plus, MVP Math has dropped their suit and an Enloe Magnet student is charged in a gas station robbery/shooting. Continue reading →

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#NCED Updates: NAEP scores drop again, NCGA passes final Ed bills and teacher pay mini-budget

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

This installment of NC Education (NCED) covers the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores and the bills the General Assembly passed before adjourning last week. Also included are details about $630k in charter school grants and a recap of October’s teacher arrests.  Continue reading →

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