This article comes to us from The Hill. It's quite long so grab something to drink. Since the pandemic, Americans are paying closer attention to school boards and their meetings than ever before, but the rubber-meets-the-road government bodies — an original colonial creation — are no strangers to controversy. Nick Melvoin got elected to Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in 2017 and has not seen a break in the chaos since. He has dealt with every school board controversy in the book: natural disasters, teacher strikes, Russian cyberattacks and, of course, COVID-19. “It’s not surprising to me that we’re having these fights in our schools. It’s unfortunate. I … [Read more...]
NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE VOTES TO REPLACE COMMON CORE
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 (Sometimes old news is good news. Other states have done or are taking similar action) RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Common Core curriculum standards that dictate what's taught in grade school classrooms across much of the United States are on their way out in North Carolina. The North Carolina House approved a compromise bill, by a vote of 71 to 34 Wednesday, to rewrite the statewide curriculum to better tailor it for Tar Heel students. Gov. Pat McCrory said he will sign it. Both the House and Senate had competing bills on how to change the state's curriculum, but came to a compromise that allowed the state to potentially use some materials from the … [Read more...]