by admin | Oct 22, 2020 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
Why Johnny Still Can’t Read By BAKER A. MITCHELL JR. October 10, 2020 6:30 AM Public schools are passing students who can’t read at any level — all to avoid blaming teachers, lawmakers, and bureaucrats. Public schools from coast...
by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - US, Uncategorized
Teachers’ unions focus on politics rather than educating children The ‘can’t do’ attitude of unions gets in the way, while charter schools remain in crosshairs. By Baker A. Michell Jr. – – Monday, August 17, 2020 ANALYSIS/OPINION:...
by admin | Oct 27, 2019 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
The Smear Campaign Against Charters Far from being ‘resegregated,’ some of our schools are actually majority-minority—and that’s by parents’ free choice. By Baker A. Mitchell, WSJ|Opinion, Aug. 13, 2019 6:57 pm ET, Leland, NC With a new school year ahead, the...
by admin | Aug 18, 2018 | Education - Post-secondary, Learning and Education, Politics, Uncategorized
What has been the experience of others who have had tuition-free medical schools? Indelible memories of a trip south may have predictive value. Buenos Aires, 1972 As Chief of Bioengineering for the University of Texas Cancer Research Center, Anderson Hospital in...
by admin | Jun 12, 2018 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Uncategorized
I am posting this internal email by RBA’s Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Erik Root because I felt others would be interested in the one-two smack-down of the State Board of Education by the NC Supreme Court. – Baker Mitchell Here is your “for what it is worth”...
by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Reviews, Uncategorized
Government audits reveal win-win for education and choice Government audits[i] [ii] undisputedly prove that Durham Public Schools’ total revenue increased for its students in 2017 over 2016 despite a slight decrease in enrollment. Both revenue statements...
