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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.
The Governor's visit was plum embarrassing
Governor Perdue came to town Friday. It was embarrassing. Her handlers couldn't have done a much worse job, all the way around.
August 25th, 2010
Imagine this: Judge a teacher by how much improvement the students make
Last Saturday the LA Times published student test data. Obviously that was not what made it revolutionary. But what they did was publish the data by teacher. And that if revolutionary.
August 23rd, 2010
School Board adopts core sex ed. curriculum
The Beaufort County Board of Education heard a report from its staff on the development of a revision in the Health curriculum required by recent state legislation.
August 12th, 2010
School board hears good news at its retreat
The Beaufort County Board of Education met in its regular monthly meeting Monday (7-26-10).
July 30th, 2010
We may just be on the verge of excellence in our school system
We may just have an excellent superintendent. It's too soon to declare that so, but we need to give him every chance in the world to make us the best.
July 27th, 2010
School board hears good news at its retreat
The Beaufort County Board of Education, meeting in a special "workshop" session Friday (7-23-10) focused its discussion on next year's (FY11) capital outlay budget
July 27th, 2010
Beaufort County Schools slides in AYP
Beaufort County Schools has posted a news release on its website showing that the school system did not meet "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP).
July 22nd, 2010
Why the temporary classrooms exist in Chocowinity
Either Mr. Warren is woefully uninformed, or he is being disingenuous with the Chocowinity Town Board.
June 4th, 2010
How we report on disciplinary action involving a teacher
We have received several inquires about the reported resignation of a teacher at Washington High School. Specifically we have been asked why we have not reported on it.
May 21st, 2010
Doing the public's business in code so the public doesn't know what's going on
North Carolina law, good judgement and common sense says that the public's business should be conducted in public.
May 3rd, 2010
School board votes unanimously to continue to spend rather than cut as other systems are doing
While other school systems are making plans to cut budgets, including layoffs of classroom teachers, Beaufort County's school board yesterday made plans to spend nearly all of its budget.
April 26th, 2010
Do Early Childhood (pre-K) Programs Work?
At their regular monthly meeting on March 22 the Beaufort County Board of Education heard a report on the PreK program in Beaufort County.
March 31st, 2010
School System Seeking Participation in Sex Ed. Program Revisions
The Beaufort County Board of Education, meeting in its regular monthly meeting March 22, heard an update from the administration on the upcoming changes in the system's sex ed.
March 29th, 2010
School Board Discusses Drug Screening for Students and Athletes, Part II
This is the second of two articles on the School Board's review of its Drug Testing policy.
March 26th, 2010
