by admin | Dec 27, 2012 | Education - K-12, Politics - NC
Zero cost. After thirty years as an entrepreneur, I have been a Trustee and administrator at two public K-8 charter schools for the past twelve years. I have worked with annual budgets as these schools grew from 53 students to over 1,600 students today. Safety...
by admin | Dec 12, 2012 | Education - K-12
Background: When comparing schools or classrooms or curricula, evaluators have been faced historically with a choice of one or two measures of growth such as average growth per student and ratio of students achieving positive growth; or they have faced a dizzying...
by admin | Jan 22, 2012 | Education - K-12, Education - Post-secondary
DPI warns the reader: “READ THIS FIRST: In order to understand the charts, it is important that you first read the following information.” And I feel obligated to warn the reader that: THE CHARTS ARE TOTAL, UTTER, USELESS NONSENSE!...
by admin | Dec 24, 2011 | Religion
“A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.” And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were...
by admin | Oct 10, 2011 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - US
The early 1990’s saw the beginning of charter schools that were intended to innovate and address unique local needs in the K-12 schools. Charter schools were allowed to operate without the many stifling regulations imposed on traditional schools by the bureaucratic...