by admin | May 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
[This comment was posted in response to a WECT May 20th article berating Charter Day School, RBA, and me for being slow to WECT’s demand for a list of all teachers’ salaries – personal information that we believe is private, confidential information...
by admin | Mar 30, 2014 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - NC, Politics - US, Uncategorized
Edville, USA – The hue and cry for our schools to produce students who are “21st Century Globally Competitive” now stretches from sea to shining sea across our great nation. The permutations on this theme are numerous and include such variations as “globally...
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 | 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 | Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
150 years ago at Little Creek two miles east of Chapel Hill…
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...
