State Superintendent Mark Johnson has unveiled a bold vision for the future of education in North Carolina, but the announcement was light on concrete details about how the plan would be realized. Lawmakers, school and district leaders, education advocates, and some educators attended the Feb. 19 Innovation and Leadership program at the Raleigh Convention Center....
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has a brand new plan to make North Carolina the best state in which to learn and to teach by 2030. He unveiled the #NC2030 plan Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Innovation and Leadership program, an invitation-only event for school and district leaders, educators, lawmakers, and business and community leaders. “By...
As he campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination in the winter of 1999, then-Gov. George W. Bush delivered his memorable “soft bigotry of low expectations” speech before the Latino Business Association in Los Angeles. “Now some say it is unfair to hold disadvantaged children to rigorous standards,” Bush remarked. “I say it is discrimination to...
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