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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Dem. Sen. Natasha Marcus spoke against the scholarships during floor debate. She said that "public funds should be used for public schools and not for private schools that are completely unaccountable."
She questioned private school teacher qualifications. #ncga
Sen. Marcus then said private schools "don't have to demonstrate what their students are learning."
Sen. Lee countered, "Whenever someone says you should give money to the schools, I think the money should follow the child." #ncga
Here's the NC Dem Party press release, which bizarrely switches to focusing on @CawthornforNC, who was not in office when the consent agreement occurred. #ncpol 1/2
The last part of the NCDP statement, still trying to tie Cawthorn to the agreement Brinson Bell entered into.
SB 326 doesn't prevent collection after election day, but does trim the 3 day acceptance period after election day. #ncpol#ncga
The State Board of Ed is meeting right now.
Coming up soon, NC Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Susan Gale-Perry & Dr. Betsy Tilson have an update.
NCDHHS presentation lists toolkit changes and updates on the COVID testing pilot in schools.
FWIW, I've been trying to get an update on that pilot since January but no response from DHHS.
Last night, the NC Democratic Party sent out this press release mocking Republicans for trying to get schools opened with another override of #SB37, characterizing the motion as "political games." #ncpol#ncga
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Here is a close-up of the cartoon depicting @NCHouseSpeaker and @SenatorBerger as not having a plan but the governor does.
Cooper is holding a leaflet that says Hybrid Learning + CDC. The cartoon went a few hours after Sec. Cohen altered the NCDHHS StrongSchools Toolkit.
The reality is the opposite of the cartoon, starting with Cooper's 2-week delayed school statement last July that said schools could open under Plan B... OR Plan C.
Most chose C, keeping the bulk of NC's 1.5m students at home.
NCDHHS does not keep a change log in the StrongSchools toolkit for the revisions they make to it. That makes it hard to tell what was changed.
Here are the major changes I found that were on pg 3 of the Feb. 2 version, but now cover pgs 3-4. (thread) #ncpol#nced
The section immediately below new text on pg 3 has been altered. "Local flexiblity and Planning for Different Scenarios" was moved out of the bullet points and renamed "Operational Flexibility and Planning for Different Scenarios"
Left image is Mar. 3, the right image is Feb. 2
Sen. Ballard: I am appalled the governor continues to withhold in-class instruction to students even as we progress in vaccinating our teachers. #ncga#SB37
Ballard highlights CDC guidelines on distancing.
Says K-12 settings should be last to close, first to reopen.
Gov. Cooper has shown we can open schools, all other industries are open, incl. bars now partly opened. #ncga#SB37