Education
Year-round calendar research long overdue
The News and Observer published an article about the first year-round school to open since 2012. The piece included this little nugget: [School board member Bill] Fletcher, who serves as…
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Clip and save research item of the moment
Study: Year-round school calendars could hurt home prices — based on data from Wake County.
Education
A truth comes out, now that it doesn’t matter politically
Over at Right Angles I explore the significance of this paragraph tucked away in a News & Observer story about Wake County parents worried about student reassignments again: As a…
Education
School Calendars
Evidently there’s some controversy brewing about school start and end dates. North Carolina has this ridiculous calendar law mandating that the school year for public schools must start no earlier…
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The year-round school thing
The UPoR has a lengthy article on year-around schools, including the possibility of CMS using that model at certain west Charlotte schools next year. In general, offering varying educational approaches…
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CMS: The Year-Round Choice
As CMS kicks off another year today, check Terry Stoops on the idea of year-round schools. The key starting point is that it needs to be a parental choice to…
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Money-saving school calendars
Wake County uses a year-round public school calendar to save money. Wilkes County uses a 162-day public school calendar for the same reason. Wilkes County claims savings of $900,000 a…
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Procrustes hard at work concerning the Wake County school board
He’s made their bed, and he has predetermined they are resegregationists. Facts don’t matter to Procrustes; ignoring or stretching is what he does. Inconvenient facts — such as neighborhood schools…
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Wake County school board majority makes good on another campaign promise
The new, parent-friendly Wake County school board majority promised to eliminate mandatory year-round schools and they fulfilled their promise yesterday.
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New Wake School Board Majority Delivers on Campaign Promise
Mandatory year-round school assignments are history in Wake County. The News & Observer reports on last night’s board meeting: By a 5-4 vote, the ruling coalition approved a resolution that…
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Sorry, kids — no more summer vacation
I wonder if all the school kids who are being led into the Obama cult will still be enthusiastic when they find out that he thinks we just can’t afford…
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“They’ll continue with the reputation of being the big bully that can’t be knocked off”
According to the News & Observer, that’s the reaction from Dawn Graff of the parent group Wake CARES to today’s 4-3 North Carolina Supreme Court ruling against the parents and…