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Afraid of Competition
Later this week we’ll learn whether the state will approve or kill the application for a Chapel Hill public charter school that aims at helping kids that aren’t achieving in…
Howard Nathaniel Lee
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Just Plain Sad
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way writes about the vehement opposition to a public charter school proposed for Chapel Hill. The proposal comes from the daughter of first African-American Chapel Hill Mayor Howard…
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Is It About the System or the Children?
It is just plain sad and frustrating that the Chapel Hill/Carrboro NAACP is opposing the proposal by the daughter of Howard Lee – Chapel Hill’s first African-American mayor – to…
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Charter school shoe now on other foot for Howard Lee
Howard Lee, former Chapel Hill mayor, former state legislator, and former chairman of the N.C. State Board of Education, hasn’t much of a history of supporting charter schools. In fact,…
Education
Charter school mêlée in Chapel Hill
This week the NC Public Charter Schools Advisory Council will review 27 “fast track” charter school applications. The Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School is among the applicants. The…
Education
Race to the Top feeds political patronage
View in your browser. Welcome If a good teacher, like a candle, "consumes itself to light the way for others," then perhaps burnout is not so bad after all. Bulletin…
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Who benefits from the power shift at DPI and the SBE?
The headline of the N&O article is “Power shifts at public schools.” Clearly, Governor Perdue is the main beneficiary of the power shift. Her appointee, Bill Harrison, will lead the…
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Lee: Charter schools will “feel the wrath of this Board”
Howard Lee, chair of the State Board of Education, pulled no punches at today’s SBE meeting. Lee lashed out at the News & Observer for implying that the State Board…
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Bullying bill discriminates
A story in today’s News & Observer reports that Howard Lee, chairman of the N.C. Board of Education, opposes language in a proposed anti-bullying policy currently before legislators that would…
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Terry must be doing his job
Criticism of North Carolina’s public schools drew a response today. One wonders whether Howard Lee was inspired by this or this or this.
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State testing changes
This week, the media is making a big deal out of proposed changes to the state testing program. I am not sure why. While the changes would be substantial, they…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The State Board of Education wants an additional $385 million added to the state budget for public schools this year. But Terry Stoops says much of that budget increase would…