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

Posted on November 3, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

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.

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63-year-old CMS teacher arrested on multiple sex crimes charges with 17-year-old student

Posted on November 1, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools (CMS) teacher has been arrested on multiple sex crimes charges involving an unidentified 17-year-old student.

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NC’s largest district is experimenting on some of its students with a “Social, Emotional and Behavioral” assessment

Posted on November 1, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

Last week, I reported on how I accidentally found out about Wake County Public School System’s (WCPSS) intent to deploy a  “social, emotional and behavioral universal assessment.” I received some information, but I have more questions than before.

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Gaston County Assistant Principal pleads guilty to having sex with a student, gets no jail time

Posted on October 29, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

The Gaston County assistant principal who was arrested on charges of sex acts with a student has pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement and is receiving no jail time.

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#WCPSS using “social, emotional and behavioral universal assessment” on students (Updates)

Posted on October 26, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has deployed a “social, emotional and behavioral universal assessment” to rate and track student behavior unless parents opt-out.

* Updates are located at the bottom of this article.

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Another Iredell-Statesville teacher charged with assaulting a student

Posted on October 26, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

A second Iredell-Statesville Public Schools teacher has been charged with assaulting a student.

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