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NCAE letter to Gov. Cooper asks for “significant executive action” to curb COVID-19 spread
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
Posted in EDUCATION, LL1885, NCAE, Organize2020
Tagged COVID-19, NCAE, NEA, Roy Cooper, School Closure, Tamika Walker Kelly
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#NCED Updates: Leandro, the NEA and socialism, plus Gov. Cooper tries to dismantle school choice again
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
Posted in Charter Schools, EDUCATION, LL1885, NC Ed Updates, Roy Cooper
Tagged business modernization, NEA, Opportunity Scholarships, PEFNC, Read to Achieve, Roy Cooper, School Choice
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#NCED Updates – Equity, Unions, Ed Bills and that K-3 Assessment drama
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
Posted in Common Core, EDUCATION, LL1885, NC Board Of Education, NC DPI, NC Ed Updates, NCAE, School Choice, Wake County School Board
Tagged #NCed, Istation, NCAE, NEA, Office of Equity Affairs, WCPSS
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Teachers Union Affiliate Planning Second Strike Using 2018 Strike’s ‘Sick Leave’ Strategy
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
Posted in EDUCATION, EXCLUSIVE, LL1885, NCAE, Organize2020, POLITICS NC, Roy Cooper
Tagged May Day 2019, NCAE, NEA, Roy Cooper
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‘Average Teacher’ In Hagan Ad Tied To BluePrintNC
In the NC Senate race, Kay Hagan has decided to use a ‘war on schools’ theme for her attacks on Thom Tillis. The NEA advocacy fund has an ad out which leads with a Chapel Hill teacher named Vivian Connell.
The ad portrays her as just some average teacher from North Carolina. She’s not.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in BlueprintNC, Common Core, EDUCATION, ELECTIONS, LL1885, The Articles
Tagged Kay Hagan, NEA, Public Schools First NC, Vivian Connell
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Not All Teachers Love Common Core…
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
NEA Calls For Arne Duncan To Resign
Well, it appears the California Teachers Association has possibly forced the latest resolution demanding Arne Duncan Resign at this year’s July 4th NEA meeting. Resolutions calling for Duncan to resign have happened before and did not pass.
The resolution is likely a move stemming from the Vergara decision, which in a nutshell said that California teacher tenure, firing and disciplinary procedures violate children’s right to an adequate education. Statements from California Teachers Asssociation’s President seem to back that theory up: Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, LL1885, The Articles
Tagged Arne Duncan, NEA
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