INBOX: The NCAE doesn't like the idea of posting class materials, videos, links, etc on their school's website for parents to see per requirements in SB 755.
Here's their statement, stick around for the thread.
NCAE Pres. says that "The idea of academic transparency is a solution in search of a problem"
Her reason is all materials & texts are vetted, so there is no need to see them.
She leaves out a lot of materials are district sourced or teacher-created. These are not vetted...
Ms. Kelly knows through personal experience that many materials ending up in classrooms are not vetted by the state.
Kelly says posting all materials so parents can see what their child is learning would be a "huge logistical burden."
And yet many school websites house teacher classroom sites that already have most of the materials on them. Why can those schools & teachers do it?
Last-minute assignments would create a "hurdle" for teachers to post materials, Kelly argues.
While last-min changes happen, that is not the norm.
Kelly also argues about being assigned weeks before school starts is an issue.
Read the bill ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/…
Kelly characterizes transparency of course materials as "invasive requirements" that would "stifle open academic discussion, particularly at the high school and university level."
Remote learning has been eye-opening for parents about those "academic discussions."
The last paragraph of the letter asks where the money will come from to make this happen.
As previously mentioned, schools & districts already do this. So do colleges.
Expanding what is posted to be more complete shouldn't cost anything but time.
Parents have the right to know.
These are 2 assignments given in recent years in two different NC districts. I have more.
The one on the left violates federal student privacy laws.
The one on the right was obtained by a parent who kept a copy. It took months get the district to turn it over via records request.
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This graphic has been floating around to attack the Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Those posting it have not linked to the source, so I dug around and found it.
(Thread with some personal observations from reporting on this for a decade now.)
#ncpol #ncga #nced
This image is being pulled from "School Vouchers in North Carolina 2014-2020" published by Duke University's Children's Law Clinic. It was written by Jane Wettach in 2020 with an underlying premise that Private schools should mimick public schools.
My 2020 digging exposing "whiteness in Ed spaces" and how to suppress parent pushback was highlighted in the first article in a series by @realchrisrufo city-journal.org/critical-race-…
It's worth noting that due to the Medicaid Expansion deal, NSJ was told by various sources the governor will sign whatever budget comes out of the #NCGA
Notably, the governor fails to mention the explosion in homeschooling, charter enrollment, and private school enrollment following his pandemic school closures.
These aren't wealthy folks, it's folks from all income levels.
Breaking: NC Supreme Court's Dem majority is forcing the Leandro fund transfer & sending it back to the trial court to determine the calculation.
Newby, Berger & Barringer dissent. appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&… #nced#ncpol#ncga
Berger's dissent reiterates the legislature, not the court, has the power of the purse.
He also notes "the majority takes it upon itself to resolve issues in this case without notice and in the face of this Court’s order to the contrary"
Just cycled through the channels. No major network appears to be televising the president's speech.
Most outlets have it streaming on their websites, however.
Maybe it was a space issue. This is the shot from the back after the speech ended.
Gov. Ops subcommittee on hurricanes should be back sometime after 12:30 from recess.
Documents & link to hear/watch the hearing here: ncleg.gov/Committees/Com…
I'll be tweeting some, but probably not as much as the first half: