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Just How Much Money Did Shuttered NC Education Non-Profit Receive?
In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly established the Education and Workforce Innovation Act (EWIA) under House Bill 902 with the purpose of fostering, ” innovation in education that will lead to more students graduating career and college ready.”.
EWIA was included in the 2013 Appropriations Act under section § 115C‑64.11.
EWIA’s mandates included providing millions in grant money to school districts after they completed a lengthy set of application requirements. This program was to be administered by NC New Schools.
How much money did NC New Schools receive and where did it go? Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, EXCLUSIVE, LL1885, NCGA
Tagged Education and Workforce Innovation Act, Follow the Money, NC New Schools
2 Comments
NC State Board Of Ed Meeting Slated for August 3-4
The next North Carolina State Board of Education (NCSBE) meeting is slated for August third and fourth. The agenda for the upcoming meeting can be found on the NCSBE website under the ‘meetings’ tab.
The NCSBE meetings are live streamed for those who cannot attend in person. Whose wishing to listen in will need to download RealPlayer if they do not already have it on their device.
Nowhere in the two-day agenda is the revision of Common Core math for High school or Elementary and middle school grades mentioned.
See some of the highlights…. Continue reading
Posted in Charter Schools, EDUCATION, LL1885, NC Board Of Education, The Articles
Tagged KEA, Kindergarten Entry Assessment, NC Board Of Education, NC New Schools, Thinkgate
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Gates Backed Non-Profit Shuts Down In NC
Apparently there is a new vacancy in the education non-profit Potemkin Village.
The ‘education non-profit’, NC New Schools is shutting down according to the News and Observer. Continue reading
Posted in Big Ed Complex, Common Core, EDUCATION
Tagged NC New Schools, News and Observer, Tony Habit
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You can’t swing a dead cat these days without hitting a Bill Gates non-profit
You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Bill Gates non-profit…
…Or a former NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) employee working for a Bill Gates backed non-profit. Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, EDUCATION, June Atkinson, NC DPI
Tagged Bill Gates, June Atkinson, Learn and Earn, NC New Schools, Potemkin Village, Tabitha Grossman, Tony Habit
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Bev Perdue Amazed By 2nd Grade Common Core Math
Bev Perdue: Isn’t Common Core great!?!?
Yeah, Bev, great.
Great by how overly convoluted it is and how badly it confuses our kids. I can’t wait to see the kids doing this stuff now hit complex concepts in algebra and geometry and try to make ‘buckets’ to figure it out. Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, Err What?, HEH
Tagged Bev Perdue, Common Core Math, DigiLearn, NC New Schools
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More PR From EducationNC
More PR from @EducationNC #nced #stopcommoncore Is the debate over education’s Common Core the wrong debate? https://t.co/ncvPlAJioG
— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) February 16, 2015
More narrative driving.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, EDUCATION, LL1885, The Articles
Tagged EducationNC, Narratives, NC New Schools, NCBCE
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Gates Funded Start Up’s Director Is Tarheel Of The Week
The News and Observer’s Tarheel of the Week is Tony Habit of NC New Schools. Anyone fighting Common Core in the state has heard both of those names at least a few times. Funnily enough, the N&O article doesn’t mention Common Core — at all.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, LL1885, News and Observer, The Articles
Tagged Gates Foundation, NC New Schools, Tony Habit
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