In about 3 weeks the PEPSC Commission is expected to vote on the NC Pathways to Excellence merit pay scheme. If they approve the proposal it will then go to the State Board of Education for consideration.
#nced #ncpol #ncga
There is broad consensus among educators that this plan is a terrible idea.

Not only has educator feedback been ignored, but our state superintendent @CTruittNCDPI has taken steps to prevent independent feedback collection in an effort to control messaging.
Our partners at @NPEaction (founded by @DianeRavitch, executive directed by @carolburris) have put together this handy tool for letting PEPSC Commission members know that this merit pay plan is a bad idea.

p2a.co/UzROT6m #nced
It will provide you with a customizable message which goes directly to the inboxes of the people who will be voting next month.
Please take a minute to send an email and also share with colleagues and education advocates. We need to let these decision makers know that if they approve this half-baked plan they’ll be doing so against the wishes of a whole lot of people.

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Oct 6
Some important points to consider:

On what planet is "other tools not yet developed" an acceptable proposal for how we will measure teacher effectiveness? This cake isn't even half baked and we want the State Board of Education to approve it? #nced #ncpol
The whole viability of this scheme rests on whether or not it fairly and accurately measures teacher effectiveness. If Tomberlin and DPI can't figure that out now they don't deserve a blank check.
Also, the people driving this scheme keep talking about the big salary increases because that distracts from the myriad flaws in the proposal (see above) and from the shady and probably illegal process they followed to get to this point.
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Oct 5
Here’s your regular reminder that the NC Pathways to Excellence merit pay proposal which is currently making its way toward the State Board of Education was crafted in secret Human Capital Roundtable meetings which likely violated state law. #nced #PEPSC #ncpol
At issue is whether the Human Capital Roundtable, which was made up of state employees and appointed officials and conducted business on drafting what it hopes will become state law during the work day, meets the statutory definition of a public body.
I've consulted with multiple attorneys who specialize in this area of the law and all of them believe that it does and that a judge would likely agree.
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Aug 26
Today’s merit pay public records release shows the Southern Regional Education Board’s Project Manager scheming with SREB’s president and Eckel and Vaughan’s founder about how to best prevent the press from attending the NC Human Capital Roundtable’s meetings. #nced #ncpol
The Human Capital Roundtable (HCR) drafted the unpopular Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal, holding regular meetings from December 2018 through summer 2022 which were never announced to the public despite state open meetings law.
On May 5, 2022, @EducationNC reporter Alex Granados contacted SREB Project Manager Megan Boren to ask about attending a Human Capital Roundtable meeting.
Read 14 tweets
Aug 25
Today would be a great day for @SREBeducation to stop withholding the Human Capital Roundtable’s records from the North Carolina public.

We deserve transparency in official policy processes, and @DrSPruitt and his team are preventing it.
#nced #ncpol #ncga
Under SREB’s facilitation, the Human Capital Roundtable co-opted PEPSC’s legislative mandate and drafted the Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan they hope will become policy if approved by state legislators including those tagged above who serve on SREB’s legislative council.
There are hundreds of Human Capital Roundtable documents including notes from 3+ years of meetings which SREB refuses to provide. These documents would clarify the influence of lobbyists and companies such as SAS Software on NC policy.
Read 6 tweets
Aug 16
Today's merit pay public records release is about the cozy relationship between @SASsoftware and @BESTNCorg, two driving forces behind the Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal.

#nced #ncpol #pepsc #ExperienceMatters4NC
SAS Software was founded by NC's richest individual James Goodnight. He continues to serve as its CEO and his wife Ann Goodnight is the company's Director of Community Relations.
SAS produces EVAAS, the controversial value-added software which claims to be able to determine exactly how much value a teacher adds to a student's learning by using a secret algorithm to analyze student performance on end-of-year standardized testing.
Read 14 tweets
Aug 8
Today's merit pay public records release is a March 2022 email from marketing firm Eckel and Vaughan advising DPI, PEPSC, and the Human Capital Roundtable on how to spin the controversial Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan. #nced #ncpol #ExperienceMatters4NC
At last Thursday's State Board of Education meeting, State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and State Board Chair Eric Davis delivered scripted remarks about Pathways to Excellence.
They spoke about our state's difficulty in attracting people to the teaching profession. They spoke about a bunch of teachers who are desperate for a way to climb the ladder without becoming administrators (really?)
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