Yes, the election for president, governor, state superintendent, and other high-profile elections are important. This is not to say that these seats do not hold great significance. They do. But local policies and local budgets are set and maintained by other elected officials who do not have public bandwidth to command your attention as much … Continue reading The Most Important Elections Are Not The Most Publicized Ones

This is becoming a more frequent discovery: Mark Robinson misusing or misstating financial matters. Problems with money have been more reported with Robinson and his wife. There has been wide coverage on his bankruptcies and unpaid taxes. There is the probe into his wife's non-profit. And just this week there was that report of the … Continue reading The Emperor (To Be) Apparently Didn’t Buy Any Clothes

If you have not seen Sara Pequeno's column this week in USA Today concerning Michele Morrow, it's worth the read. Pequeno asked Morrow about many of the videos/comments attributed to her in the past and while Morrow's answers attempt to again divert from the actual questions as usual, the fact that a national newspaper is … Continue reading Michele Morrow In USA TODAY – More Reason To Not Elect Her

There's Michele Morrow or there is Mo Green who has experience with large public school systems and other entities with large budgets. From CNN.com: As superintendent, Morrow would oversee the state’s public school system and help set educational priorities, manage the school system’s budgets, and work with the state’s Board of Education to set and … Continue reading So, Would You Trust These People With An $11 Billion Budget For Public Schools?

Not the best of outlooks. Certainly not too surprising given the way this state has treated its social services and its employees. "The North Carolina State Health Plan may be unable to stay afloat by fall 2026, according to State Treasurer Dale Folwell. Why the state legislature is withholding the funds needed to keep the … Continue reading On The State Health Plan? Well, You Might Want To Look At This.

That “slide” above is from a 2019 presentation about the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS) Retirement Planning. 2019 was before the COVID-19 pandemic. It would be interesting and predictably disheartening to question LEA HR directors about how many calls they are fielding from veteran teachers concerning retirement and early retirement requirements and possibilities. As … Continue reading NC Doesn’t Have To Just Worry About Recruiting Teacher Candidates. It Needs To Worry About Retaining Current Teachers.

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 Why Is North Carolina Funding More Than One State School System?

Sen. Phil Berger and his cronies including people like Tricia Cotham have had over 12 years to “improve” our public education system. 12. The number of grades in a standard progression through a public school. Here are a few of the actions taken in those 12 years. 1. Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National Average 2. Removal … Continue reading You Can’t Put “Kids First” If You Put Teachers Last

It's a real question. Not rhetorical. In all of the (stock) photos on her campaign materials that might show a hint of the inside of a school building, there is no Michele Morrow. There are no anecdotes that have ever been communicated by Morrow that talk about meeting with any of her own children's teachers, … Continue reading When Is The Last Time Michele Morrow Ever Stepped Foot In An NC Public School?

Laura Leslie's report for WRAL today uncovered a video of Mark Robinson saying that he would as governor deny federal education funds. In answering a question about federal funding, Robinson said, “That’s why we need to cut their money off. That’s why it’s important for us to be fiscally responsible with our education dollars, cut … Continue reading The Latest Mark Robinson Video – “We Don’t Want” Federal Education Funds In NC