Upon winning NC Teacher of the Year, NC State Superintendent June Atkinson commended Dickerson for her educational philosophy. “She encourages her students to think for themselves and provides them with numerous opportunities for open discussion and cooperative learning. These are valuable skills that will serve them well in further education and in their careers,” said […]
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A Teacher’s Letter To The General Assembly, Part ...
Part two of teacher Joel Orr’s correspondence with the NC GA: Dear Members of the NC General Assembly, So I was flipping through the House budget proposal that started popping up on local news sites Friday, and I noticed a section within the proposal that struck me as ironic and frighteningly hilarious. It begins on […]
A Teacher’s Letter to the General Assemb...
Read teacher Joel Orr’s letter to the NC General Assembly. Joel taught high school English for six years and is currently enrolled full-time towards his Master’s of English. Dear Members of the NC General Assembly, I was flipping through bill 402 for some light reading, and I found three lines that struck me as rather important. […]
Increasing class sizes like ‘herding cattl...
North Carolina’s public school children could return in August to very different classrooms if the state Senate budget is passed. The proposal is up for a second vote today before moving on to the House. It reduces the number of teacher assistants and pre-kindergarten slots, and it removes the cap on kindergarten-through-second-grade class sizes. Read […]