Tag Archives: NC State Board of Education
Former SBE chair: Our standards were crap
Today’s News & Observer features two op-eds on the Common Core State Standards. I wrote the first one. Bill Harrison, former chairman of the NC State Board of Education, wrote the other one. Harrison seems to admit that standards formerly developed by the NC Department of Public Instruction (and approved by the State Board ofContinue Reading
SBE member: ‘We’re screwing our teachers’
A recent statement from John Tate, a bank executive and member of the State Board of Education (SBE) from Charlotte, caught my attention. In a blog post, Charlotte Observer reporter Ann Doss Helms asked Tate about the teacher pay discussion at this week’s SBE meeting. Tate commented, “We could pass a resolution saying, ‘We’re screwingContinue Reading
SBE chair: One Bill out, another Bill in
Bill Harrison is out and Bill Cobey is in, I assume, as chairman of the State Board of Education (SBE). According to Speaker Thom Tillis, Governor McCrory would like the General Assembly to confirm Cobey and two other nominees, Gregory Alcorn and Rebecca Taylor, to the SBE before next week’s meeting.
The State Board of Uncertainty
The N&O political blog, Under the Dome, has a noteworthy post on the uncertain future of the State Board of Education (SBE). Just to recap, Governor McCrory has three immediate appointments to the SBE, including the chairperson. He will have three additional appointments later this year. These six appointments, along with Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest,Continue Reading
Real G.I.R.L.S. audit finds mismanagement
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 administered by the state. The executive director of the organization – presumably T. LaShon Ormond – could not account for thousands of dollars awarded to RealContinue Reading
N&O: Have sympathy for Judge Abe Jones
Earlier this month, Wake County Superior Court judge Abe Jones lost his reelection bid to Wake County public defender Bryan Collins. The election results give the News & Observer an opportunity to paint Jones as a victim of conniving judges, racist attorneys, and an unsympathetic bar association. In July, I commented on one of Jones’Continue Reading
McCrory appointments to the State Board of Education
Immediate Appointments First District – Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington Seventh District – Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin Chairman (Member-at-large) 2013 Appointments Fourth District – Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, ScotlandContinue Reading
Republicans “fire” 172 teachers last year
The State Board of Education will release the 2011-12 Teacher Turnover Report next week. But who has time to wait until then? I don’t. The State Board of Education posted the report on their website today, so I thought that I would provide a short summary of the report: There was a slight increase inContinue Reading