As it currently stands, North Carolina is one of the many states that operates with a part-time (hybrid) state legislature. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, North Carolina is one the these states: Being a legislator in North Carolina also means that you must be present for two different sessions (long and short) … Continue reading One Way To Help NC Public Schools – Make Being An NC Legislator A Full-Time Job

Having grown up in a small town in the deep South during the 1970’s and 80’s, it was not uncommon to view televangelists on weekends, especially when only four or five channels were available to watch. Claims made by these people were seemingly noble and altruistic, but they always asked for money to do God’s … Continue reading The “Legivangelists” In Raleigh, NC Who Use God In School Funding

Below is the salary schedule set for a teacher in North Carolina for the 2022-2023 school year (compared to the previous school year). It will stay in effect as long as the North Carolina General Assembly does not pass a new state budget. Any teacher new to the profession in the last nine years would … Continue reading Part Of The Reason NC Has Thousands Of Classroom Teaching Vacancies – Comparing NC Teacher Salaries Now to 2008-2009

Just a review of how charter schools in North Carolina operate: Now House Bill 219 will allow local funds to be used in the construction of charter schools (but still not be accountable to local school boards and local officials). Looking at who sponsored the bill, there are no surprises. Here is one of the … Continue reading Want Your Local Tax Dollars To Fund Charter School Construction But Not Allow Local Entities Oversee Those Schools? The NCGA Has A Bill For That.

Imagine it just taking five parents in any given school district to get a superintendent fired. Actually, that means that less than 600 people carefully selected, somewhat convinced by false pretenses, more than likely indoctrinated, and probably gas-lit, could have every superintendent in the state of North Carolina's 115 LEAs fired and send every school … Continue reading Just Five Parents To Get A School District Superintendent Fired? How About Five Constituents Being Able To Get An NCGA Lawmaker Fired?

Ann Doss Helms's recent report for WFAE entitled "Why North Carolina's push to revamp teacher pay and licensure stalled" pretty much confirmed what many educators in this state already knew: the new Pathways to Excellence initiative has no true foundational support. There are a lot of reasons why the Pathways to Excellence initiative has "stalled." … Continue reading That Big Plan For Recruiting Or Retaining Teachers In NC? Not Surprised.

This is how a smaller piece of the revenue pie is funding public schools because money is being siphoned off to other “initiative” such as: Charter Schools Vouchers Tax Breaks to Corporations Sunshine Fund That Has Billions Go back a couple of decades. And about 57-62% of that budget would be directed toward public education … Continue reading North Carolina Is Actually Financing Three State School “Systems” – Another Attack On Public Education

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has gone a long way in giving the facade that he is defending our public schools from teaching a “version” of history that “indoctrinates” students with radical beliefs. In 2021, he started a petition to lobby the very state school board he serves on. If you have not been following our … Continue reading The Pharisaical Hypocrisy Of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Concerning Indoctrination In Our Public Schools

When Pat McCrory was governor, the GOP super majority then changed budget protocol and made the state budget a biennial process. In an odd-numbered year, a budget is set forth to encompass the next two fiscal years. Amendments to the budget can be made in even-numbered years. Furthermore, if a budget is not passed, then … Continue reading Please Understand What Not Passing A State Budget Does To Public Schools In NC

What a veteran teacher received ten years ago compared to what a veteran teacher who would start a career in NC today is quite startling. Not only is there a significant loss in projected income but ramifications on being able to get health care after retirement and not having to fear reprisal in standing up … Continue reading Simply Put, This NCGA Does Not Want Veteran Public School Teachers