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Author Archives: bakeramitchell
If a tree falls in the forest and no media carries the story …?
If a tree falls in the forest and no media carries the story, did the tree really fall? If public charter students test the highest and no media carries the story, did the public charter students really test the highest? … Continue reading
National School Choice Week: Are NC public charters a good choice for your child? Demographic data reveal, “Yes!”
In acknowledgement of National School Choice Week, the following evaluates North Carolina’s public charter school option. What are public charter schools? What is their academic record? Who are their students? Information compiled directly from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction test … Continue reading
Charter Students Outperform Traditional Students by a Wide Margin
According to official state data, how do public charter students compare to public traditional students on state End-of Grade tests? The NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has released the raw data for each public school’s end-of-grade test results. DPI also calculates … Continue reading
A CLP school is a CLP school is a CLP school: and by any other name would perform as poorly.
In a fit of legislative hocus-pocus, the same Perdue regime which left NC $3.5 billion in debt and cut funding to schools passed Senate Bill 704[i] in the twilight hours of 100 years of Democrat control in May, 2010. The … Continue reading
Classical History Curriculum by The Roger Bacon Academy
The Roger Bacon Academy (RBA) developed and teaches a classical history curriculum for the schools that it manages. I have been asked frequently how the RBA “classical history” curriculum differs from a typical “social studies” curriculum, so I would like to share … Continue reading
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One of the many…
One of the many…Maj. James V. Johnston, 84th I.D.
U.S. Senate Resolution for Charter Schools
RES. 171 Congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and administrators of charter schools across the United States for making ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 16th annual National Charter Schools Week, to be held May … Continue reading
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How not to teach elementary school science
CURRICULUM CRITIQUE: SCOTT, FORESMAN’S “DISCOVER SCIENCE” [When organizing some digital archives on this rainy Saturday, I came across this paper that I had written in the early 1990’s while taking a course for a lateral entry teaching certificate. I don’t know if this … Continue reading
High Scores at Low Cost: A Taxpaying Parent’s Dream, A Bureaucrat’s Nightmare.
Abstract When free-enterprise solutions are unleashed in a competitive environment controlled by local parental choice not remote bureaucratic dictates, both students and taxpayers win. A charter school in Southeastern North Carolina has a 15-year time-tested model for
The Star Spangled Banner Asks a Question. What is its answer?
[The following is the text of a brief address that I gave to an assembly of students at Charter Day School, Leland, NC in 2004. I have repeated it several times since and now share it with you on the … Continue reading