With a blog that has a few readers, it is humbling to be able to help spread the word about worthwhile causes. It is also wonderful that I have a student who is raising money for this and the person who is coordinating this whole effort is a former student of mine. If you know … Continue reading Students Doing Great Service Work – Help If You Can and Spread the Word

What happened yesterday at Mark Johnson's press conference to introduce ClassWallet and grant the "ability" for teachers to "spend" $400 each on supplies for the classroom should have made every school board, LEA, and superintendent who worries over local school system budgets cringe  a little more. What Johnson and his controllers proposed was allowing almost … Continue reading Why Every School Board, LEA, and Superintendent Should Support ALL OUT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION on May 1st

This announcement turned out to be another example of bad legislation to take more control over local districts and stifle every LEA's ability to use funds for vital needs. From the N&O this afternoon: North Carolina lawmakers plan to give each teacher $400 to spend on classroom supplies by taking $37 million away from local … Continue reading Thanks to Lisa Godwin, NC’s 2017 TOY For Speaking Out With Words and Actions Against Another Horrible Piece of Legislation

Mark Johnson has a habit of making major announcements as a way of "engaging" the people of North Carolina. Prepared statements on issues that desperately need teacher input but are about crafted legislation put together in back rooms and usually has a glossy outside but rather brittle on the inside. There was the Feb 19th … Continue reading Another Major Announcement for April 3

Last Thursday a bill was filed that would let retired teachers come back to help in Title I schools. From the News & Observer on March 29th: Senate Bill 399 filed Thursday would let retired teachers work at Title I schools or schools that receive a D or F grade under the state’s school performance system … Continue reading “They’re our best teachers” – Then Treat Them Better to Make Sure There Will Always be Veteran Teachers

What is linked to is an an op-ed from a University of Georgia edcuation professor Peter Smagorinski in response to a recent study by Stanford's Eric Hanushek who many may know as the economist who contributed to Waiting for Superman. It starts, Get Schooled recently ran an essay titled “New study: Achievement gap persistent and resistant to … Continue reading “Easier to blame teachers for achievement gap than tackle poverty” – A Must-Read from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution