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What They’re Saying About Education In NC (8/26/15) – #NCED
Some quick hits on what’s going on in Education in North Carolina (8/26/25)
-SLOW DOWN
-FOOD FOR THOUGHT
-ACT SCORES
-KEA and K-3 ASSESSMENT UPDATE
-NC SUPERINTENDENT RACE
AND MORE…. Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, June Atkinson, LL1885, The Articles
Tagged Brenda Berg, Dr. Rosemary Stein, Henry Pankey, PTA, Tammy Covil, Test Results, Tricia Cotham
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Running for Office or Running Away – #ncpol
Who is running and who isn’t?
The N&O wants to make sure you know the name Josh Stein.
Voters should know the name BlueprintNC and follow Stein’s money.
KEEP READING … NC Superintendent and CCSSO President, Dr. Atkinson doesn’t get off the hook here… Continue reading
Posted in BlueprintNC, ELECTIONS, June Atkinson, LL1885, The Articles
Tagged Josh Stein, June Atkinson, Linda Coleman, Lt. Governor Dan Forest, Tricia Cotham
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“Great Leaders” Bill Is Just BEST NC’s “Vision”.
“Editor’s Note: BEST NC is a supporter of EdNC.”
The PR machine for SAS’s BEST NC has cranked out another article out tied to the “Vision 2020” recommendations (see pages 17-20).
Excerpt:
“The bill is titled, “Great Leaders for Great Schools/Study,” and the primary sponsors are Democrats Rep. Tricia Ann Cotham and Rep. Cecil Brockman, and Republican Rep. Craig Horn.
Cotham said she came to the General Assembly as one of its only licensed principals, and she says North Carolina faces a crisis.”
Note the use of the the term ‘crisis’.
KEEP READING… Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, LL1885, NCGA, The Articles
Tagged BEST NC, EducationNC, HB216, Tricia Cotham
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Rep. Cotham Continues To Politicize Common Core
More ‘politicizing’ from Rep. Tricia Cotham. cotham core politicizing
She sat on the Common Core Legislative Research Committee, yet continues to ignore the reality of these flawed, experimental standards and the public outcry on Common Core. Instead, she insists on attempting to demonize opposition.
During debate of the bill (SB 812) to repeal and replace Common Core in North Carolina, State House Rep. Cotham (D-100) continued to politicize the measure. She even invoked the President’s name in order to try and politicize the vote:
Cotham just politicized the Common Core again while saying it has become political. She just threw in Obama. #StopCommonCore #NCGA
— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) July 16, 2014
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Posted in Common Core, LL1885, NCGA, Shutuppery, Storify, The Articles
Tagged Politicizing, Tricia Cotham
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Your Kindergartener Has Become A Guinea Pig
ACT, the same group that does the college entrance exam and of which I wrote about their multi-grade job assessments that begin in 8th grade apparently will be developing assessments for Kindergarteners. Via Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — A new digital tool to test academic and behavioral skills will target students starting in kindergarten.
ACT, the organization that developed the ACT college-entrance exam, will start testing the tool in the fall. It will be available to schools starting in 2014.The tool tracks students’ career interests, academic performance and progress toward goals. It’s designed to follow students from kindergarten through high school.
Jon Erickson, president of ACT’s education division, said the goal is to identify and address gaps in skills needed for college and the workforce. The assessment combines traditional testing with teacher-led projects to generate an instant, digital score.
It’s a multimillion dollar project, ACT officials said, but will be affordable and easily accessible.
Schools won’t be compelled to use the new tool, but Erickson said he anticipates that entire states or groups of states will choose to utilize it. The tool can be customized to include state-specific benchmarks and other performance measures.
In the testing and educrat world, where data is God, it seems perfectly normal to start testing, poking and prodding a child of 5. Most 30-year-olds don’t know what they want to do for a career, here we are testing 5 year olds like they hold the key to cracking future job selection. Pidgeon-holing our kids. That’s what we’re ultimately doing here.
Here are a few reminders related to this turn of events with ACT. Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, NCGA, The Articles
Tagged ACT, High Stakes Testing, KEA, Kindergarten, SB812, Tricia Cotham, WorkKeys
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News and Observer’s John Frank Can’t Get Common Core Stories Right
Another day, another News and Observer Common Core fiasco. John Frank has gotten really skilled at regurgitating talking points instead of actual reporting. I could pick this latest attempt down line by line, but frankly I don’t have the time to waste. I will hit highlights instead. This section bothered me: Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, June Atkinson, LL1885, Media Bias, NCGA, News and Observer, The Articles
Tagged Jerry Tillman, John Frank, June Atkinson, News and Observer, SB812, Tricia Cotham
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