Archive for the ‘North Carolina’ Category
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Back in early May I touched on a story of a Washington state teacher who refused to administer the WASL test (Washington's state test for NCLB). Carl Chew, a teacher at Nathan Eckstein Middle School, was suspended for his refusal.
About a week later Doug Ward, a teacher at Cullowhee Valley ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Barack Obama has done a series of ads ecouraging parents to turn off the televisons and read to their kids. The message of the commercial is that governemnt alone cannot fix education. Education starts at home with proper parenting. Amen.
The latest ad with this theme is called "Turn it Off".
While ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Good evening. Last night, at a friend’s house, I caught a glimpse of American Idol. The glimpse lasted for all but two-minutes. But even that was too long. Lots of tears and lots of Ryan Seacrest.
Today, the NCES, the National Center for Education Statistics released the writing assessment results detailing ...
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