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On October 12, Public Schools First NC and Great Schools In Wake are hosting an event, Impact of Privatizing Public Schools: A Crisis in the Making. Here is the description…
Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute takes an interesting approach to the Los Angeles public school teachers’ strike. Conventional analyses of the Los Angeles teachers strike present the public…
Yesterday, I pointed out that Education Cities and GreatSchools, which had reported that North Carolina had widened its achievement gap more than any other state, retracted their Education Equality Index ranking.…
A recent News & Observer article stated that North Carolina had widened its achievement gap more than any other state. It turns out that the ranking used to make that…
Karen McMahan has an article in the latest Carolina Journal on the debate of the length of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elementary school day. Because of the local interest, it appears…
This week, the Office of the State Auditor released an audit of Real G.I.R.L.S., Inc., a Wake County non-profit organization that received nearly $100,000 in 21st Century Community Learning Center grants…
Headline: Saunders: In Tata debate, let’s watch the extreme language UA: Barry, 1) Find a time machine. 2) Publish the above statement of civility in 2009. 3) Enjoy a shred…
Yesterday, Yevonne Brannon, Chair of the Great Schools in Wake Coalition (GSIW), circulated talking points about the “blue” and “green” student assignment plans presented to the public by Wake County…
Wake County’s response to the complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has people talking. According to the News & Observer, “School officials presented data…
On February 11, the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Wake Education Partnership released a proposed assignment plan formulated by consultant Michael Alves. The NAACP of North Carolina, Great…
The good folks from the Great Schools in Wake Coalition have yet to respond to the proposed assignment plan formulated by consultant Michael Alves. The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce…
On February 11, the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Wake Education Partnership released a proposed assignment plan formulated by consultant Michael Alves. Eleven days later, the NAACP of…