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.

Why the School Board lost the Southside cases

Suspended N. C. students can go unschooled. It was a story on the NC Supreme Court's rulings in two cases that came from Beaufort County.
October 16th, 2010

School Board does good on sex ed

There were no (zero) upset citizens protesting the new sex ed. curriculum when the School Board adopted the program last week. Chalk one up for the new superintendent, Dr. Don Phipps.
October 16th, 2010

School board approves Tayloe fundraising venture

Meeting in its regular monthly meeting on September 21, 2010 the Beaufort County Board of Education gave approval for a rather unique "fundraiser" at John Cotton Tayloe School.
October 16th, 2010

The Achievement Gap

George Will, writing in Sunday's (8-29-10) Washington Post highlights one of the most vexing problems our nation faces…the waste of human capital.
October 16th, 2010

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

School Board Discusses Drug Screening for Students and for Athletes

The Beaufort County Board of Education, meeting in its regular monthly meeting, March 22, 2010, discussed revisions that have been recommended to its Drug Testing Policy 4280.
March 26th, 2010

Beaufort County Schools make the New York Times

Beaufort County Schools has made the New York Times. The Times is running a story on the extensive use of suspensions and expulsions in the nation's schools.
March 22nd, 2010

Non-English speaking students...accommodate or teach them to think in English

Simply stated the issue is: To what extent must and should we accommodate those who do not speak English?
March 10th, 2010

School Board confirms it's spending money like there's no tomorrow

Beaufort County Schools officials met with the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners in special session Thursday afternoon to review budget matters.
February 26th, 2010

New Superintendent Knocks it out of the Park on the Social Studies Controversy

The current controversy in North Carolina with the social studies curriculum was a focus of attention at Monday (2-22-10) night's School Board meeting.
February 25th, 2010

The "Charter School" debate heats up in N. C. with significant issues for Beaufort County

Charter schools are created for two reasons: To provide parents with a choice in which school their child will attend and secondly, to remove bureaucratic restrictions the state imposes on traditional
February 19th, 2010

Our Schools are Headed for The Perfect Storm

If there was a Category 5 hurricane a hundred miles off our coast and headed straight for Beaufort County would you expect our School Board to to preparing for it?
February 18th, 2010
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