Tag Archives: EDUCATION

No Reply From Cox Mills High On “Town Hall”

It’s been four days since I reached out to Cox Mills High School’s assistant principal about the Town Hall/ Campaign event held there on Wednesday, April 16th. I have not received a reply to my email: Continue reading

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Onslow County GOP Calls For Resignation Of NC State Superintendent

Consequences of Common Core peddling coming home to roost? Oh dear, is Onslow GOP now bearing “false witness” too?

Via Onslow County GOP:

RESOLUTION OF THE 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT GOP

CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF JUNE ATKINSON Continue reading

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Merit Pay Per The President?

Step back to 2009, Barack Obama makes the case for Merit Pay.

Here’s what he said in 2009: “It’s time to start rewarding good teachers, and stop making excuses for bad ones. It’s time to demand results from government at every level. It’s time to prepare every child, everywhere in America, to out-compete any worker, anywhere in the world.” Source: WUNC
Merit Pay for teachers in North Carolina and the removal of tenure has a lot of people talking. Depending on who you ask, you get a different answer. Some say competition motivates continual improvement while others tout cooperation as the way. Continue reading

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School Vouchers In NC For Low Income Students

In all the manufactured chaos that descended on the NC General Assembly in the last week, an important item in education seemingly got lost in the mix. Governor McCory rolled out a voucher program for low income students called “Opportunity Scholarships”.

The nuts and bolts of the program were in a press release that went out on July 28th: Continue reading

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#MoralMondays: July 22nd Edition (snore)

It’s the 12th Moral Monday in North Carolina. Just like the previous 11 before it, number 12 was filled with fun signs, screechy womyn and an endless stream of hypocrisy flowing from Reverend Barber’s lips.

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