by admin | Apr 23, 2011 | Religion
Introduction: Anger is one of the anthropomorphic characteristics that is frequently attributed to the Biblical God. Many of us are taught the image of an angry God who often vents His wrath upon His people like some fire-breathing dragon. We may recall examples of...
by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | Education - K-12, Politics, Politics - NC
Raleigh – The House has a solid WIN-WIN-WIN in H344. The winners are our state’s disabled children, our state’s disabled treasury, and the State Board of Education (SBE). The children win because their parents become eligible to receive a tax credit for...
by admin | Apr 17, 2011 | Education - K-12, Politics - NC
Raleigh – April 17, 2011 Background: On March 1, SB8 version 8 lifting the cap on charter schools was passed by the Senate and sent over to the House for their approval. After six weeks of wrangling in the House, however, it morphed through amendments and...
by admin | Apr 8, 2011 | Education - K-12, Politics - NC
Raleigh – 4/7/11 In a breathtaking fit of silly nonsense worthy of Monty Python, the NC Republican house caucus passed a committee substitute charter bill that bore little resemblance to the Senate bill that was sent to it a week or so ago. The cap would...
by admin | Apr 7, 2011 | Politics - NC
Some legislators wanted to enact a law that would make charter schools independent of the State Board of Education (SBE). After all, that was the reason for charter schools in the first place…North Carolina’s K-12 education system under the SBE has been a...
