Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 23, 2011
Wake County school board member John Tedesco has what he calls his own version of a liberal "unholy trinity."
During a recent speech to the Northern Wake Republican Club, Tedesco said the members of the unholy trinity are the NAACP, the Great Schools in Wake Coalition and Raleigh FIST, a self-proclaimed anarchist group. All three groups have been fiercely critical of the school board for eliminating the use of socioeconomic diversity in student assignment. (Read more)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 4, 2011
RALEIGH — Wake schools Superintendent Tony Tata urged critics Thursday to give him a chance as he tries to develop a new student assignment plan that he hopes will avoid creating high concentrations of low-performing students.
Tata, who was hired by the Republican school board majority in December, has encountered skepticism from some in the community over his time as a political pundit. Parents are watching to see how he’ll implement a new assignment plan now that the school board has eliminated socioeconomic diversity as an underlying goal. (Read more)
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