>> It is hard to believe that it was 14 years ago that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed with great fanfare, promising to usher...[Read More]
Tag Archives: common core
>>BY JENNIFER BRICK Perhaps you saw the bumper stickers: “North Carolina: first in flight, last in education,” and, “It’s a good thing the Wright brothers...[Read More]
>>BY DONNA SHALALA Long before the term “glass ceiling” was ever coined, heroines throughout history have shattered narrow ideas of what women could...[Read More]
>>Another school year is creeping up on us – and in some cases school has already started. But the curriculum to guide North Carolina schools...[Read More]
>>It’s hard to believe that there’s just a little more than a month left of summer break. Sometimes I find myself counting down the days—and...[Read More]
>>BY BRENDA BERG, BEST NC AND MOM Recently, Ann Carroll of Women AdvaNCe posted a blog detailing the “unintended consequences” of North Carolina’s Standards in math and English. I agree...[Read More]
>>BY ANN CARROLL We’ve spent this month trying to educate ourselves and you about what Common Core means for education in North Carolina—but plenty...[Read More]