Category Archives: Wake County School Board

Hey, Pass The Gravy… #WCPSS #NCed

Posted on October 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The Wake County Board of Commissioners released more than $44 million in additional funding to the Wake County School Board in order to boost teacher pay.
While the School Board was handing out increases to teachers, they passed the gravy to Superintendent Merrill. Continue reading →

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The First Rule About WCPSS Fight Club Is….

Posted on October 17, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

“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.

Continue reading →

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What They’re Saying About Education In NC – (10/9/15) #NCED

Posted on October 9, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Some quick hits in education news from around the state of North Carolina.
WCPSS, School Scoring, Teacher Turnover and more… Continue reading →

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What They’re Saying about Education In NC – (9/25/15) #NCED

Posted on September 25, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Some quick hits on what is going on in Education in North Carolina.

Charter School news, Common Core updates, Wake County School Board Hilarity and more. Keep reading… Continue reading →

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Did News and Observer Do The Free/Reduced Lunch Math?

Posted on August 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

At the News and Observer there is an editorial titled, Wake schools are, growing separate and unequal. This Op-Ed was written by Chuck Liddy, a staff photojournalist for the N&O.

Did Liddy or N&O staff do any Free & Reduced Lunch math? Continue reading →

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What They’re Saying About Education In NC (7/24/15) #NCED

Posted on July 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Yes, I’m still on blog vacation, however I have an update on some NC Education issues and an update HB13 (Health assessments).

I’d like to take a moment and apologize if I upset the apple cart with my article the other day. I was particularly hard on Senator Soucek — Sorry about that, but being the voice for ‘we the people’ at times means I have to play bad cop.

Having said that, I might have to play worse cop now, again given what I see restored in HB 13 today. Continue reading →

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