Category Archives: Protests

Here Comes The Teacher Resignation Narrative… Again.

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

Over at WBTV, the headline looms: Nearly 1,000 CMS Teachers Resign As Educators Lobby Lawmakers.

The thrust of the article is that teachers are resigning in “unprecedented” numbers in Charlotte Mecklenburg schools. Note the article does not include a breakout of the data or the reasons for resignation.

KEEP READING… WE’VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, Media Bias, NCAE, NCGA, Protests | Tagged CMS, Public Schools First NC, Teacher Turnover | 1 Comment

#DM7 Article: The ‘Outrage Industry’ Ties To Education

Posted on June 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my weekly column at Da Tech Guy: The ‘Outrage Industry’ Ties To Education Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Poltical Correctness, Protests, Racial Justice, Social Justice | Tagged Magnificent Seven, SPLC, Teach For America | 2 Comments

Re: Teach for America’s Professional Agitators

Posted on June 11, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Yesterday, Michelle Malkin wrote about Teach for America’s Professional Agitators over at Townhall.com.

In the article, Malkin lays out the connections between Teach for America (TFA) and the coordinated protests in places like Durham, Ferguson, Baltimore and now in McKinney, Texas. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, Protests | Tagged Black Lives Matter, Teach For America, TFA | 2 Comments

#MoralMonday Coming to New Mexico

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Liberty Speaks

The American Federation of Teachers of New Mexico (AFT-NM) and the National Education Association of New Mexico (NEA-NM) have announced the ‘United Voices for our Students rally’ in Santa Fe on February 16th as part of a Moral Monday March.

Both organizations have expressed stern opposition to the new teacher evaluations and high stakes testing of students that feed into the evaluations. The AFT-NM and NEA-NM have both filed petitions and lawsuits against the reforms.

There is common ground with these two groups that anti-common core advocates have already embraced. The OPT-OUT movement which, opposes high stakes testing, is spreading across the U.S. at a very fast pace. Coalitions of parents, educators, teacher unions and medical professionals, regardless of political party, have joined the fight to eliminate the K-12 high stakes testing.

However, it is the Moral Monday banner this rally is flying under that could derail and muddy the issue in New Mexico.

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