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- Caldwell chorus teacher accused of embezzlement
- CMS teacher to be extradited to TX on child sex crime charge
- Harnett teacher facing 95 sex crime counts involving students
- More charges added to former Guilford Public Schools teacher
- Lincoln County teacher charged with assault on a student
- Franklin County Public Schools teacher charged with sex crime
- Fired Cumberland Schools substitute charged with crimes against minors
- Suspended Iredell teacher re-arrested for violating pretrial orders involving a minor
- Onslow elementary teacher arrested for exposing himself to a child
- Guilford teacher found guilty of statutory rape, sex crimes
Tag Archives: DPI
NC DPI and UNC-TV to deliver programming for K-12 students
In a press release issued this afternoon, the NC Dept. of Public Instruction (NC DPI) and UNC-TV announced they are going to provide programming for “students in grades four through 12 designed to complement existing remote learning efforts from the state’s public schools.” Continue reading
The Word “Misunderstanding” Redefined By Supt. Atkinson?
If you’ve been following my series on Superintendent Atkinson being questioned about funds for the Excellent Public Schools Act being diverted into shifting personnel around, well, we have an update.
Dr. Atkinson has redefined “Misunderstanding”. Continue reading
Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, June Atkinson, NC Board Of Education, NC DPI, NCGA
Tagged #StuffAtkinsonSays, Bill Cobey, DPI
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Senate Wants Atkinson’s Documentation On DPI Budget Cuts [UPDATED]
Last month, I wrote about the little bombshell Superintendent Atkinson dropped that no one seemed to really pick up on other than Alex Granados at EducationNC.
In a nutshell, Atkinson took jobs from DPI that should have been in the ordered budget cuts and shifted them to the budget of a new program.
The Senate is calling her out on it.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, June Atkinson, NC DPI, NCGA
Tagged DPI, NCGA, Race to the Top
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DPI Saves Jobs At The Cost Of Supporting Kids – #NCed #NCGA
In case you missed it, Dr. Atkinson quietly dropped a bombshell at the last State Board of Education meeting.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, June Atkinson, NC Board Of Education, NC DPI, NCGA
Tagged Budget, DPI, NCGA
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With Common Core Under Review, Why is DPI Entering into an ELA Contract with Wisconsin?
Via the NC Board of Education website, the latest batch of contracts has one regarding ELA testing for ELLS. (ELLS means English Language Learners; i.e. children whose primary language is not English.)
Under purpose, here is the first item:
Develop an alignment study between North Carolina’s state academic standards and the World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards
North Carolina has a commission still in progress who is reviewing the Common Core ELA standards currently in use.
Why would DPI be engaging in a contract such as this with Common Core still under review? Moving the goal posts at the end of the game?
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What They’re Saying About Education In NC – (10/9/15) #NCED
Some quick hits in education news from around the state of North Carolina.
WCPSS, School Scoring, Teacher Turnover and more… Continue reading
Posted in Academic Standards Review Commission, EDUCATION, NC DPI, Wake County School Board
Tagged DPI, Teacher Pay, Teacher Turnover, WCPSS
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