by admin | Aug 20, 2011 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC
Maybe letters to your legislator do matter! Or maybe it was a coincidence. April 20, 2011 SB 724 An Act to Improve Public Education Edition 1 reads in part: “To further ensure that teacher preparation programs are upgraded to reflect a more rigorous course of...
by admin | Jul 31, 2011 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education
Fawned over by the would-be glitterati, Matt Damon’s speech to the Save Our Schools rally in DC received wide accolades as a clear-headed, common-sense speech that spoke to Everyteacher. There are transcripts all over the internet, but here is a summary followed by a...
by admin | Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
150 years ago at Little Creek two miles east of Chapel Hill…
by admin | May 24, 2011 | Education - K-12
Louisville, KY: May 13, 2011 Two archery teams from The Roger Bacon Academy – Charter Day School competed nationally against 300 other teams and over 6,000 archers. The teams’ scores from both elementary school and middle school qualified them both to go...
by admin | May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Background A recent paper (1) published by The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy discusses the conflict between the educational objectives desired by the general public and the different objectives implemented by the state’s schools of education...
