Teacher's Desk

Our guest contributor, Delma Blinson, explores the machinations of the Beaufort County Board of Education paradigm, and the effects of State and Federal policy upon the local education process.

Fox News Picks Up on the Issue of Whether our Students are Learning U. S. History

It appears that North Carolina's school system is losing touch with logic once again. Rather than re-write the history taught in our schools, just don't teach it at all?
February 18th, 2010

School Board Takes its Secret Agenda to a New Level

The Beaufort County Board of Education often makes many of its decision out of public view. This is a violation of the N. C. Open Meetings law, certainly in spirit if not technically.
February 18th, 2010

Are our Students Learning What They Need to Know About U. S. History

Back in December Commissioner Hood Richardson raised an issue about a quarter of a million dollar grant the school system has to improve the teaching of U. S. History.
February 18th, 2010

The Dropout Problem

Nearly every school board member and every politician we have ever known expresses concern about this issue. So what are we doing about the problem?
February 18th, 2010
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