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#NCED Updates: School Choice Event coming to Raleigh, State Board of Ed updates, spending fact and Quiet Epidemic updates
In this edition of NCED Updates: An upcoming School Choice event in Raleigh, State Board of Education updates, a contract fight, some facts about education and per-pupil spending and Quiet Epidemic updates. Continue reading
Posted in Big Ed Complex, EDUCATION, NC Board Of Education, NC DPI, NC Ed Updates, NCAE, Quiet Epidemic, School Choice
Tagged Contracts, Education spending, Freebird McKinney, Leandro, Mark Johnson, NC State Board Of Education, Per Pupil Spending, Quiet Epidemic, School Choice
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Lt. Governor Dan Forest Lays Out NC Education Budget Increases, Teacher Pay [Video]
Lt. Governor Dan Forest lays out the education increases in the North Carolina 2016 budget, including raising teacher pay for the third year in a row.
WATCH: Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, LL1885, Lt. Gov Dan Forest, The Articles, Video
Tagged 2016 Appropriations Act, Education spending, Teacher Pay
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A Couple of Education Notes In the Proposed #NCGA Budget
There are a few interesting education related nuggets from the proposed NCGA House Committee budget report.
Everything from Teacher pay to supporting the College Board’s monopoly on testing and curriculum through ‘bonuses’ to teachers. Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, LL1885, NCAE, NCGA, Random Musings
Tagged College Board, Education spending, NCGA Budget 2016, Teach For America, Teacher Pay
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Not a “Top 10” That NC Should Want To Be In For Education
The Bluegrass Institute has an interesting list of how deep each state is into the federal funding trough.
NC was in the top ten… Not Good.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, June Atkinson, NC DPI
Tagged Bloat, Education spending, Federal Dollars, June Atkinson, NC DPI
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What They’re Saying About Education In NC – 11/20/15 – #NCED
A round up of education news in the state of North Carolina and beyond.
Highlights: Snowflakes attack at UNC, WCPSS fight video, CMS’s changing Enrollment numbers, NCAE double dip and follow the NC Ed Money. Continue reading
Posted in LL1885, NC Ed Updates, The Articles
Tagged CMS, Education spending, NCAE, Per Pupil Spending, Teacher Pay, Teacher Shortage, WCPSS
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Pearson Equella Contract for NC Community Colleges: $35,284,419
I received the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) back on the Pearson Equella Contract with the NC Community Colleges System.
The contract takes advantage of some Race To The Top Funds.
The signed MOU includes language for “K-14” storage of “educational content and resources” through the creation of the “Learning Object Repository” or LOR. From what the MOU says, it looks like LOR is an upgrade or enhancement of the existing Pearson Equella “NCLOR”.
NCLOR has it’s own site “Explore The LOR”.
Mission Statement: “The mission of the NCLOR is to provide a centralized location for the acquisition, collection, sharing, and management of quality learning resources for all teachers in North Carolina.”
A few of the document highlights:
The signed intent to contract document cites Pearson receiving $1,309,805, but another ‘signed approval’ document says the amount wasn’t to exceed $1,155,808.
According to the DPI Project Management MOU, the Project manager is to be paid over $85 an hour.
Just for reference, according to page 36 of the State Board of Education’s large contract list, the total cost of this contract (#10037399) came out to be $35,284,419.39.
Broken out:
$18,832,611.39 State
$16,451,808.00 Federal (Race To The Top?) Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, NC DPI
Tagged Community Colleges, Education spending, Equella, LOR, NCLOR, Pearson
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NC Paying Out $1.5 Million Over 3 Years To 2 Contractors For Race To Top Monitoring
Two contracts will pay out over $1.5 million to two contractors for monitoring the Race To The Top grant, which was funded by ARRA (the Stimulus). The scope of work includes tracking of jobs created by the grant and professional development – specifically Common Core.
“Each RESA will plan, coordinate and facilitate regional trainings on the new essential standards and Common Core with regional PD leaders. NCDPI will provide facilitators for all sessions, unless otherwise noted.”
Each pay out is $762k over three years at $254k a year. The contracts are EP4821955 Northeast Region Service Alliance (Dr. Holleman) and EP4823540 Sandhills Region Service Alliance (Jim Simeon).
See the contracts and amendments here. Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, LL1885, NC DPI, The Articles
Tagged Dr. Holleman, Education spending, Jim Simeon, Race to the Top, RESA
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