It is only decency that prevents me from using colorful metaphors to describe our state legislature’s assault on education and the environment while having the audacity to give themselves some hefty pay raises! Despite the veto of the recent budget proposal by the governor, the Republican-run legislature (along with some foolish Democrats) has succeeded in […]
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Actions taken at the June 7 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners
Here’s a list of actions taken at the June 7 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.
One cent makes sense
The North Carolina General Assembly is the best money could buy. Sorrow lies in the fact that they are for the most part a group of ideologues who believe the political-ideology rhetoric that spews from their mouths. Their pockets are full while yours are empty. They have no concern for the future of the children […]
GOP Budget cuts will hurt North Carolina schools and colleges
House Bill 200, otherwise known as the State Budget Act, passed with a vote of 72 to 47 in the House and will now go to the Senate. If HB 200 stays in its current form, it will hurt North Carolina’s K-12 schools, public community colleges and universities, as well as schoolteachers and professors. Being […]
Thanks, North Carolina General Assembly
House Representatives, I'd like to thank you for putting rich white kids first in North Carolina with your vote on May 3. It's about time! I am so tired of these hardworking, poor and minority children who go to school everyday trying to make their lives better in the only safe environment they know. I […]
Edgy Mama: More cuts to our bleeding educational system?
North Carolina’s lawmakers are back in session and facing a potential $3.7 billion budget shortfall. That’s frightening. What’s even more frightening is how the budget might be balanced — through massive cuts, which, in the long run, could harm this state’s economy significantly.
The Beat: Obama, barbecue, and the ‘woodchuck weather creature’
A look at what’s been making headlines.
Teachers making waves
On the evening of June 8, the Enka High School gymnasium echoed with the frequent cheers and applause of more than 1,000 teachers, parents and students who gathered to protest potential state education cuts. Code red: An estimated 1,600 people attended a June 8 rally at Enka High School to protest the elimination of 80 […]
Demonstration at Pritchard Park tonight to protest education cuts
Children First of Buncombe County will become the latest to host an event protesting state education budget cuts that would eliminate teachers and support personnel jobs statewide.
Laid off or fired up?
On June 1, the Buncombe County Schools sent out about 80 letters informing nontenured teachers that their contracts will not be renewed. The move came in anticipation of a state education budget currently working its way through the N.C. House that would increase classroom size by two students due to an 11 percent budget reduction. […]
Teachers’ rally packs Enka gymnasium
Well over 1,000 teachers, parents and students packed the gymnasium of Enka High School on Monday evening to rally against state education cuts.
Parent-teacher rally to oppose education cuts
A rally has been planned for 6 p.m. on Monday at Enka High School in response to the possible loss of 80 Buncombe teachers.
80 Buncombe teachers may lose jobs
A letter mailed on Monday to about 80 teachers describes the school system’s reactions to pending state education budget.
A bridge to Africa: Motherland International
There’s no shortage of disease and poverty in Africa. But for Christopher Keiser-Liontree—co-founder of Motherland International Relations—there’s another way to see the continent. Making connections: Christopher Keiser-Liontree (center-left), co-founder of Motherland International Relations, on his third trip to Ghana in 1998, where he was a facilitator with a group that built a Habitat for Humanity. […]
Teaching Jamaica’s teachers: WCU’s Jamaica Program
On the campus of Western Carolina University, it’s simply called “the Jamaica Program.” Graduation day: These students are graduates of Western Carolina University’s master of arts in education program with a concentration in college administration, which is based in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. The university has been involved in teaching Jamaica’s young teachers for four decades. […]
Planetary education: David McConville
David McConville is a world traveler and a knowledge explorer. Like other Asheville residents who have an impact around the world, McConville can be hard to keep up with. In his work as a media artist and researcher who specializes in the development of dome-based display technologies, he travels the world. But McConville is also […]
Giving Moldovan children a chance: Moldova World Children’s Fund
What’s a crazy sailor doing in a landlocked country like Moldova? Caring for kids: Ray West of the Moldova World Children’s Fund, shown here in an orphanage in Balti, Moldova, about five years ago, has helped repair schools and funded educational scholars It’s a question that sometimes comes to mind when Ray West talks about […]
N.C. education ranked 30th in recent report; state Republicans call for change
N.C. Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger and House Republican Leader Paul Stam issued a joint press release today calling for education reform, following the announcement that the state ranked 30th in the nation in the “Report Card on American Education” released today by the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Governor moves to change public education leadership
Gov. Beverly Perdue moved yesterday to change the leadership structure of public education in the state, combining top management and policy positions to create a potentially powerful education chief.
Suspended Jackson County teacher makes his case on YouTube
Jackson County teacher Doug Ward explains his refusal to give a sure-to-fail student the required end-of-grade test.
Coming to Asheville High School: An alumni hall of fame
Nearly complete, the new alumni center at Asheville High School will put a spotlight on students, faculty, staff and administrators who have made their mark.