As the short session for the North Carolina General Assembly got started a few days ago, a couple of senate bills were filed that would continue the availability of free breakfasts and lunches for public school students in the state. During the pandemic, these were funded with COVID relief funds. That will end soon. But … Continue reading We Should Fund Free Meals For NC Public School Students & Here’s How We Can Begin To Pay For It

According to TeachNC on November 3rd of this school year, there were over 8500 vacancies in North Carolina for classroom teachers ALONE. In all, there were over 23,600 vacancies. Just looking at those teacher vacancies – the average salary of a teacher in NC is right under $55,000 a year (according to the report from the … Continue reading Where Has The Money Already Budgeted For Vacant Teacher Positions In NC Been Going For The Last 10 Months?

Those who seek to “reform” public education will all use numbers and figures that portray student achievement in public schools as lagging. They may talk of low student test scores and graduation rates that are not high enough. They may talk about school performance grades and teacher evaluations.  Yet their arguments rely mostly on hazy … Continue reading Test Scores, Student Achievement, & Graduation Rates: Three of the Most “Spun” Terms in Public Education Reform