Quote from: chrstnhsbndfthr on Yesterday at 10:26:09 PMQuote from: Triple A on Yesterday at 09:09:35 PMI've done some research tonight and this is what I have found.  The following quote is EXTREMELY vague.  This is where the concer...

Quote from: Triple A on Yesterday at 09:09:35 PMI've done some research tonight and this is what I have found.  The following quote is EXTREMELY vague.  This is where the concern is:

"In addition, other funds may be used only if necessary to comply with...

No matter who writes them, the whole idea of the Common Core -- one-size-fits-all, top-down approach to education, enforced via high-stakes testing and implemented by teaching to the test -- is a bad idea.

Quote from: gina_harrison on Yesterday at 07:33:47 PMHouse Bill 273

http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H273v3.pdf


Thanks, Gina!

I've done some research tonight and this is what I have found.  The following quote is EXTREMELY vague.  This is where the concern is:

"In addition, other funds may be used only if necessary to comply with a requirement by the donor that the local school administrative unit account...

The way I read it is that a student that lives in a county will receive the entire allocated funds for that student, for example if it costs $8000 a year per pupil in the county the charter school will receive the $8,000, not the traditional system. Also, if a special needs child goes to a charter sch...

Here are the links :

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/north-carolina/rankings?schooltypepublic=y&schooltypemagnet=y&schooltypecharter=y

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Muddy, check your PMs.

A fourth-grade student in Asheville received the following worksheet, which qualifies as an “informational text” under the Common Core State Standards:

[img]http://stopcommoncorenc.org/files...

Quote 5. Who wrote the Common Core standards?

The chief architects of the standards were three individuals, David Coleman, Susan Pimentel, and Jason Zimba,who have ties to one or more of the groups listed above. Coleman, Pimentel, and Zimba were assisted by committeesof college professors, public sc...

Quote from: munn5 on Yesterday at 03:21:30 PMQuote from: Snowball on Yesterday at 03:08:48 PMQuote from: 1911A on Yesterday at 10:55:10 AMQuote from: Snowball on Yesterday at 10:45:14 AM...

Quote from: Snowball on Yesterday at 03:08:48 PMQuote from: 1911A on Yesterday at 10:55:10 AMQuote from: Snowball on Yesterday at 10:45:14 AMThere's a lot to it. Not sure if it can be gisted, but let's get the plan ...

Quote from: Snowball on Today at 10:45:14 AMThere's a lot to it. Not sure if it can be gisted, but let's get the plan before we start forming opinions.

http://www.corestandards.org/



Really.  I've read enough to know tha...

There's a lot to it. Not sure if it can be gisted, but let's get the plan before we start forming opinions.

http://www.corestandards.org/

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/peoples-communities-cube/2013/may/11/common-core-ged-textbook-911-hijackers-were-poor-a/

You may w...

Mia,

I've kinda been out to lunch on common core.   Can you give us the gist of it?

School Board public input, May 13, 2013, Jeffrey Starkweather
What is the value of democracy and open and ethical government in Chatham County?
If what I understand are the desires of two county commissioners, expressed outside the public process through e-mails, to scuttle the unanimously agreed-upon...

Agenda http://board-of-education.district.chatham.k12.nc.us/modules/groups/group_pages.phtml?gid=3618610&nid=385947&sessionid=0effc2116ef8e390516...

Bearlover,

Mia is the best community servant we have. She makes nothing and monitors what is happening. She maintains cordial relations with the board members, teachers, and principals in the area. She keeps us informed in as straight and clear a way as we could hope for. Many of us care DEEPLY about ...

Quote from: Bearlover on May 07, 2013, 09:11:22 PMNot by any stretch of the imagination or even based on facts, figures and circumstances is Chatham County like Wake County.  That kind of comparison is off the radar.

Ms. Munn, I have been reading your posts for a long time....