From the man who established a baseless task force to find instances of indoctrination, called for more discipline in schools, and espouses his Christian faith. Look who's indoctrinating now. Top GOP official in the state. Sits on the State School Board. Doesn't believe in systemic racism. Students spend more time on social media and on … Continue reading Look What Your Lt. Gov. Is Teaching Our Students

Stan Elrod may have been retired but he was still teaching and as student-centered an educator as any person could ever be. When I first worked in the WSFCS system, he was guiding a flagship school known for its history and strong programs, and then he earned one of the greatest rewards that a lifelong … Continue reading This School System Lost A Great Educator Today

This is a guy who is so against unions that he penned this in 2020 against public employee collective bargaining power: A guy who contributed to Truitt’s campaign: Last summer, he appeared with the new Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson at a press conference announcing an “indoctrination” hotline to allow the public to report teachers to a … Continue reading Remember This Privatizer Now Works At DPI

It's funny that in many elections on the local level, people who are running for seats at least have on average a good grasp of what the job entails. That's not always true for the local school board. For many candidates it appears that having little to no knowledge of what actually happens in public … Continue reading A Place Where The Least Qualified Person Can Make The Biggest Decisions For Public Schools: The Local School Board

With CRT, indoctrination, grooming, and other false hoaxes used to fuel school board election platforms, another topic has crept into the public dialogue: equity versus equality. Below is a video of an explanation given by a WSFCS school board candidate in which she explains that we should promote her concept of "equality" over a generalized … Continue reading Equity vs. Equality – Ignoring The Part Of The Iceberg Under The Water

Primaries are in the past. The real thing happens in a little over two weeks. School Board Elections. Listen to the words and then try and match their claims with the reality of schools. The less a candidate has actually been in our schools and seen the realities of public education, the more prone that … Continue reading Do You Really Know Who Has Endorsed These School Board Candidates?

From an NPR / IPSOS poll reported last spring: “By wide margins – and regardless of their political affiliation – parents express satisfaction with their children’s schools and what is being taught in them.” As a teacher, it is rather mind-boggling that in an age of heavy standardized testing, technological advancements that allow for remote … Continue reading Maybe Something To Consider Before You Vote For School Board Candidates

It sounds a little nonsensical to tell people to not vote a straight party ticket or use all of your votes when voting for school board members. And there are good reasons why, at least for this veteran high school teacher. To say that all people in the same political party want the same things … Continue reading You Don’t Have To Vote A Straight Ticket Or Use All Of Your Votes In This Next School Board Election

The new NC Portrait of a Graduate as highlighted today in EdNC.org offered a little explanation of the new competencies that DPI and the state superintendent expect of our new graduates. Here are those seven "competencies": And on that topic of EMPATHY, this was reported: That's a mature student with an insightful take on the … Continue reading So Catherine, Can EVAAS Measure Empathy?

Seen the new North Carolina Portrait of a Graduate initiative out of DPI this week? Here's a closer look at Truitt's graphics. Look who helped to create this. Yep. Fresh off their work with the TeachNC initiative and that licensure / pay proposal. The same person who wants to ram this through the General Assembly … Continue reading Seen DPI’s “New Portrait Of A Graduate” Initiative? Funny, But Nothing To Do With Test Scores At All.