It is the right of every American to come together and peacefully speak out for an issue. What someone rallies for speaks for their interests and values. When a lawmaker or an elected official attends a rally, it can show his priorities and his loyalties. Take North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Schools Mark Johnson … Continue reading When Your State Superintendent Won’t “Rally”‘ For Public Schools

One of the more valuable ways that I can send messages to students and parents is through a service called Remind 101. It allows me to create "classes" and alert all who are in that class about assignments, changes in scheduling, and activities. Most students carry with them their smartphones and respond more quickly to … Continue reading Teachers, Ask Verizon to Keep REMIND 101 Free for Teachers, Students, and Parents

If you did not know, UTLA (the United Teachers of Los Angeles) will be going on strike starting tomorrow. And like the "strikes" that happened in West Virginia, Arizona, and Oklahoma and the march in North Carolina, the issue isn't really all about teacher pay - it's about funding schools fully. Dr. Diane Ravitch posted … Continue reading What Los Angeles Teachers Are Fighting For is What NC Teachers Are Fighting For

NCAE formed in 1970. Almost 50 years strong. NCAE Memberships and drives. Sit-ins and Walk-ins. Decline to Sign. Court Cases Won on Behalf of public teachers. We ❤ Public Schools. Wearing Red on Wednesdays. Students Deserve More March. Moral Mondays. Rallies. 2016 Election for a pro-public education governor. May 16th. Op-eds. Blogs. 2018 Elections to … Continue reading Teachers Advocated for Public Schools in 2018, Just Like in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014….And We Can Do More in 2019.

Remember last February? That's when a “fix” for the class size mandate was “agreed” upon by both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly that was presented as a welcome outcome. On the surface, it was a victory for parents, advocates, and schools in that the mandate will be pushed back for a while and … Continue reading Raleigh, Permanently Fix Class Size Chaos and Stop Using Our Students As Political Pawns

The recent report to the State Board of Education this week once again proved to our state that the Read to Achieve initiative championed by Phil Berger has failed to do what it was promoted to do. Kris Nordstrom sums it up best from a report posted yesterday. In October, researchers from NC State’s Friday … Continue reading Sen. Berger, Stop Trying To Copy Jeb Bush’s Failed Education Reforms

The Charlotte Observer and News & Observer ran a piece on teacher voices this week called "How North Carolina's teachers are making their voices heard." It highlights just a few of the thousands of people who have advocated for public schools here in NC this past year. It is by no means even a hint … Continue reading About that “Most public employee teachers are in these positions because they lack the talent to compete in the private sector” comment…

From the Rocky Mount Telegram on January 8th, 2019: Teachers at the now defunct Global Achiever School will not be able to look to the state for recourse as they wait to see if they will be paid the money owed to them. “Just as with district schools, the state allots the funds but the … Continue reading What Happened In Rocky Mount – NC Needs More Regulations on Charter Schools

“Charter schools were designed to foster competition with districts.” The above was stated in the News & Observer yesterday by Dr. Terry Stoops of the John Locke Foundation in a report entitled “Popularity of charter schools is causing this NC school district to lose students.” And it’s not true. In fact, it is disingenuous. As was reported … Continue reading North Carolina’s Intentional Misuse of Charter Schools: They Are For Experimentation, Not Competition

Simply put, North Carolina should allow student growth to weigh more in the formula that measures school performance grades. (Honestly, we should get rid of it). Last March, a bill passed the General Assembly House K-12 Education Committee that according to an EdNC.org report from Alex Granados “would change the calculation of the grades from … Continue reading Growth Vs. Proficiency – NC’s Toxic School Performance Grading System