Tag: literacy

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: February 3, 2014 3 Comments on JuneA @ NC DPI: Poorly-performing students repeating a grade ‘a 20th-century artifact’
Posted in Education McClatchy Media NC legislature NC State Government NCGOP Phil Berger

JuneA @ NC DPI: Poorly-performing students repeating a grade ‘a 20th-century artifact’

I am starting to believe that the plastic surgeons have stretched June Atkinson’s face so tight that it is putting pressure on her brain and degrading her motor skills. The godmother of the K-12 public education bureaucracy here in North Carolina has teamed up with…

Author: Brant Clifton Published Date: January 11, 2014 10 Comments on The UNC athletics “scandal”: Overlooking the role of K-12 public education
Posted in campaign 2014 Congress Education Media NC State Government Politics

The UNC athletics “scandal”: Overlooking the role of K-12 public education

For some years, I’ve had one foot in the academic world and one in the business world.  (I am an adjunct instructor at a number of area colleges here in North Carolina.) It’s been no secret to me that quite a few career academics have…