by admin | Mar 24, 2014 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC
Although charter schools are subjected to the same accounting standards and annual auditing that govern traditional schools, they are not required to invade the privacy of their employees by publishing their salaries. For management and accountability, the accounting...
by admin | Feb 9, 2014 | Education - K-12, Uncategorized
Grading Children at a Play (with apologies to Robert Frost) Whose son this is I think I know, His mom is in the lockup, though. She will not see me judging here To watch her boy’s skit win the show. My teacher’s aide must think it queer To boost this scamp up from the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2013 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Politics - US
For many years, North Carolina’s public schools have lagged far behind the national average in college-bound SAT scores. Since 1998, however, that gap has steadily shrunk in direct proportion to the number of students enrolled in charter schools. By 2012, the...
by admin | May 1, 2013 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
As a longtime supporter of charter schools, I am relieved to watch bi-partisan legislators as they assist this popular and proven system for school improvement and further enhance it as a force for strengthening public education for all children in North Carolina....
by admin | Mar 29, 2013 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Reviews
Washington, DC – A chatty little diatribe titled “Scary reading in charter school bill” graced the WaPo on March 28. Confounding misinformation with ignorance in breathtaking fashion, the near-sighted worthy confuses nearly sky-high, out-of-sight accountability with...
by admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - US
Background: After the Declaration of Independence created the 13 independent states, The Articles of Confederation began being drafted shortly afterward in 1776. Finally ratified in 1781, many recognized that the central government was too weak. In 1786, a...
