In our August 22, 2013 newsletter, we asked parents, students, teachers, principals and superintendents to tell us about how the budget cuts to public education were impacting them personally. Wake County Parent B.J. Witkin responded with these stories. We’re sure they are familiar to many of you. “You asked for testimonials about the direct of […]
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New Report Finds an Active School-to-Prison Pipeline in the Wake County Public Schoo...
A new report entitled, “The State of the School-to-Prison-Pipeline in the Wake County Public School System,” was released on August 19, 2013 by Advocates for Children’s Services (ACS), a project of Legal Aid of North Carolina. Relying on the latest available data (2011-12), the report details the high number of suspensions in North Carolina’s largest […]
The Dissidents of TFA (Teach for Americ...
Once upon a time, Teach for America was much like the Peace Corps. It provided an opportunity for young, talented idealistic college grads to give back to communities where, as was the case in Houston, Texas, there was a teacher shortage. But the organization, founded in 1989, has taken a different turn. Just recently, the […]