There are not many lawmakers who frequent the halls of public schools and rarely is there a lawmaker who actually works in the state public school system. But teachers, administrators, and other support personnel are on the front lines of education and see what actual growth and achievement occur in our schools. They see the … Continue reading The NC GOP Says It Has Made “Great Strides” In Education Despite What The Leandro Report Says. Maybe They Should Ask Teachers.

Earlier this month, Stephanie Hofeller, the estranged daughter of the late mastermind of legislative redistricting, Thomas Hofeller, released the contents of hard drives and portable drives that her father had used to save information and research behind his use of census information to help redraw legislative districts for GOP advantages. Needless to say that those … Continue reading Civics Lesson For The Decade – The Hofeller Files And Racial Disparity

Despite what lawmakers and reformers may say, you can’t really be measured. In fact, those who are measuring you do not have instruments complex enough to really gauge your effectiveness. If you are a public school teacher in North Carolina, you are always under a bit of a microscope when it comes to accountability. Everybody … Continue reading Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured

It’s hard to look at how this state can sit on a large manufactured state surplus and extend more corporate tax cuts while conditions in the public schools exist to the level explained clearly in the Leandro Report. Again, it is important to look at the entire report – Sound Basic Education for All – An … Continue reading Twelve & Twelve – Just A Reminder Of What The Leandro Report Told Us About Public Education In NC

Earlier today, this blog posted on the racial impacts of charter schools in North Carolina referring to an earlier post from the Fall of 2019 and an investigation of school report card information. And today in the Charlotte Observer website (and in print tomorrow), T. Keung Hui published this: That article is worth your reading. … Continue reading The Charter School Advisory Board Of North Carolina Removes Section On Racial Impacts Of Charters

"CSAB members say draft report understates how charters are underfunded compared to district schools, unfairly portrays charters as resegregating & understates how many low-income students attend charters. They want wording revised to reflect how diverse charters are." This statement from Hui's tweet from yesterday (1/2/2020) concerning the yearly CSAB report is reminiscent of what happened … Continue reading The CSAB Wants To Change Their Annual Report To Show How “Diverse” NC’s Charter Schools Are. You Can Actually See For Yourself.

Remember in early 2019 when Mark Johnson said that $35,000 was a good salary for teachers in parts of North Carolina because it was higher than the median income in those counties? And there are others who say that teacher pay in NC should not be scrutinized because the “national average” argument is too mercurial … Continue reading -26.5%: How Underpaid NC Teachers Really Were in 2018