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Bill Nolte is the associate superintendent of Haywood County Consolidated Schools. He writes a regular column on education and maintains a blog at http://teacher.haywood.k12.nc.us/nolte where his newspaper columns, radio programs and press releases can be found.
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Jill Barker's comments to the state school board
Mar 06For years we’ve been blessed with strong academic performance across our schools. Recently, Jill Barker, the principal at Bethel Elementary, was ...
A New Appreciation for Home Schools
Sep 28In July we mailed open ended surveys to the registered home schools in Haywood County. Through the years we have noticed that a number of families ...
School food is not the problem.
Sep 10Schools, public and private, are easy scapegoats for a lot of social ills. Experience has taught me that some complaints are certainly warranted ...
Rethinking Adulthood
By Bill Nolte - Feb 09It is usually a good idea to ground our beliefs in factual information, known experiences or commonly accepted definitions. When it comes to ...
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Common core curriculum standards
By Bill Nolte - Oct 05Many of us have heard the saying, “It is a mile wide and an inch deep.” This is a fair description of most school curriculum standards across ...
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An apples to apples comparison of school academic performance
By Bill Nolte - Aug 24When traditional high schools in the state are ranked by academic growth, performance composite, and size, Tuscola High School is fifth in the ...
Lesson missed from Te'o fiasco
Feb 12Dictionaries define fiasco as a “complete failure” a “sudden collapse” or a “violent collapse.” Arguably Manit Te’o was part of a fiasco. If you ...
School enrollment laws tighten
By Bill Nolte - Sep 15The North Carolina General Assembly passed what it called the Safe Students Act. This legislation changed General Statue 115C-364 through the ...
Behaviorally-Orphaned Children
Jul 21Over the last few years many schools have observed a disturbing trend. A growing number of children are being abandoned by their legal guardians. ...
Accountability Model Controversy
Feb 03Graduation projects have been like a pinball bouncing all over the place. First, we were not doing graduation projects. Then, graduation projects ...
Schools as Political Fodder
By Bill Nolte - Sep 17Fodder is a term often used to describe what one feeds livestock and other farm animals. Unfortunately, schools are often on the menu for those ...
