Tag Archives: Teach For America

A Couple of Education Notes In the Proposed #NCGA Budget

Posted on May 20, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

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 A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, NCAE, NCGA | Tagged College Board, Education spending, Teach For America, Teacher Pay | 2 Comments

Shocker. Mostly Political Jobs at TFA’s Leadership for Educational Equity

Posted on January 30, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

In the past, I’ve touched on Teach for America (TFA) and it’s offshoot, Leadership For Educational Equity (LEE).

I recently reportde on them when I found LEE money and Bloomberg money in the NC Superintendent race — for a Republican.

I just want to re-state what TFA and LEE are: Politically motivate recruiting groups, masquerading as subpar and taxpayer subsidized teacher training schools, whose main purpose is to seat it’s acolytes in places of political influence in order to further their specific ‘educational’ agendas. Those ‘educational’ agendas are often skewed a particular way and it’s not to the center or right.

I just want to lay it out clearly here. It’s not just my personal opinion that these groups are more politically directed than education directed. It’s fact. Follow the tweets.

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Big Ed Complex, EDUCATION, Government | Tagged Teach For America, TFA | Comments Off

Why Is Bloomberg Money In The NC Superintendent Race?

Posted on January 27, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Folks might not realize it, but the NC Superintendent position is up for grabs this election year.

Dr. Atkinson has filed to run again, but there are four other people running as well. This is one of the most crowded Superintendent races in a while, with two Democrats and three Republicans running.

Those running against Atkinson are J. Wesley Sills (R), Henry Pankey (D), Dr. Rosemary Stein (R) and Mark Johnson (R).

One of them is getting money from Mike Bloomberg and Teach for America’s political offshoot organization.
KEEP READING… Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, ELECTIONS, EXCLUSIVE | Tagged Mark Johnson, NC Superintendent, Teach For America, TFA | 4 Comments

Professional Agitators to Descend on Durham on January 1st – #ncpol

Posted on December 30, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

A Black Lives Matter protest will happen in Durham this Friday, January 1st at 6 pm at CCB plaza according to an event posting on Facebook. The main host/creator of the event is Desmera Gatewood, whose Facebook profile lists her as … Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), BlueprintNC, Moral Monday, Protests, Racial Justice, Social Justice | Tagged NC Heat, school to prison pipeline, Teach For America, TFA, Youth Organizing Institute | 3 Comments

Agitators were invited to the White House for a Christmas Party

Posted on December 5, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Agitators were invited to the White House for a Christmas Party.

They also met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The same AG Lynch who is now investigating the arrest of Clock Boy and who yesterday said that “actions predicated on violent” talk about muslims will be “prosecuted”.

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