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Photos from NCAE Leadership event include slides on ‘Power’ and membership issues

Posted on August 10, 2021 by A.P. Dillon

A closer look at images from a June leadership event posted by the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE) on its Flickr page reveal issues maintaining members and a slide on “power.” Continue reading →

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NCAE letter to Gov. Cooper asks for “significant executive action” to curb COVID-19 spread

Posted on January 16, 2021 by A.P. Dillon

A letter sent to Gov. Roy Cooper this week by North Carolina’s affiliate of the teachers union the National Education Association asks the governor for “significant executive action” to “curb” the spread of COVID-19. Continue reading →

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#NCED Updates: Leandro, the NEA and socialism, plus Gov. Cooper tries to dismantle school choice again

Posted on August 11, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

In this installment of #NCED updates, we’ll cover Governor Roy Cooper trying to dismantle school choice again, how the NEA is all in for socialism, Board of Ed tinkers with math again and some of the state education headlines, which include the Leandro case percolating again.  Continue reading →

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#NCED Updates – Equity, Unions, Ed Bills and that K-3 Assessment drama

Posted on July 15, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

This installment of NCED Updates covers the Wake County’s Office of Equity Affairs again, as well as what the National Educators Association (NEA) was up to at their annual meeting. Also included are some of the education bills that have moved along at the legislature, suggested reading, and a bit about the Istation K-3 reading assessment drama. Continue reading →

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Teachers Union Affiliate Planning Second Strike Using 2018 Strike’s ‘Sick Leave’ Strategy

Posted on March 23, 2019 by A.P. Dillon

The North Carolina affiliate of the NEA, one of the nations two largest teacher’s unions, is planning another teacher’s strike in May.  Continue reading →

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Not All Teachers Love Common Core…

Posted on July 11, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This article by Lindsey Layton up at the Washington Post, Teachers union convention opens, Common Core on table, is very telling. The opening 2 paragraphs lay out a real narrative changer:

“In response to teachers who are uneasy with the Common Core State Standards, a major teachers union is offering to underwrite projects crafted by teachers to improve the math and reading standards.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, is expected to announce Friday that the union will give up to five grants worth as much as $30,000 to teachers for projects aimed at reforming the standards.”

Wait, what? We’ve been told over and over by supporters that all teacher love the Common Core. Continue reading →

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