When the "Opportunity Grants" were first pitched, they were presented as a way to improve educational outcomes for lower income families to send their students to "any" private school where they could obtain admission. However, in states like Arizona where vouchers were expanded to any student, most recipients of the taxpayers' money to attend a … Continue reading How Many Vouchers Are Going To NC Students Already In Private Schools?

From June of 2023: 19 superintendents from 17 rural counties. 1/6 of the public school superintendents in the entire state of North Carolina. Those 19 school systems reside on 17 counties. 13 of those counties have a republican representative in the NCGA House. 16 of them have a republican representative in the NCGA Senate. All … Continue reading Remembering What 19 NC Rural Superintendents To Raleigh About Expanding Vouchers

From April of 2023: A woman who ran for office on a platform of being pro-public schools. For someone who was as accomplished an educator as she was, her move to a party that is embracing the dismantling of public education is rather sadistically ironic. At that time she had retweeted a pro-school choice blurb from … Continue reading I Blame Tricia Cotham

If you want to see how much this North Carolina General Assembly does NOT truly represent the citizens of this state, then this is a prime example. Deliberately staying in "recess" and not meeting with members of the other political party while crafting legislation assured of passing because of gerrymandering should tell you everything about … Continue reading North Carolina Is About To Defund Public Schools By A Half A Billion Dollars

Never. Being 14 years of age and legally able to possess an assault rifle that is used to kill people in a "soft target" but deny adult women access to health care should never be a "fact of life."

When I think of Michele Morrow's promise to make schools the safest buildings in the state, I am reminded of all that she actually has fought to remove from schools. Guns are not one of them. She has fought to remove books. She has fought to exclude marginalized people. It brought to mind this recent … Continue reading This Teacher Knows That Michele Morrow Would Not Make Schools Safer In North Carolina

Michele Morrow has mentioned banning books in North Carolina if elected to public office. She was part of a group that filed a lawsuit to remove titles from libraries in Wake County before her unsuccessful run for the local board of education. Her wish to remove books that she deems "obscene" through her Christian Nationalistic … Continue reading Michele, Still Want To Ban Books In NC?

A grown adult has every right to frequent a legit business - unless of course you still owe them money. And sure, it does not look good to have the Girl Scouts sue your family over what could only be assumed as cookies. And there is that misrepresentation of finances with a kayak store has … Continue reading It’s Not The Porn Allegations, The Girl Scout Cookies, Or Owing The State Thousands Of Dollars – It’s This.

As a public school teacher here in North Carolina, I do not have the time nor the resources to perform even a small amount of the actions that I am often accused of doing by politicians who want to dismantle public education. And I would love to know where the operating rooms on campus are. … Continue reading Apparently Schools Have Operating Rooms & Fresh Cat Litter Despite Being Underfunded And Understaffed

Seems that this state has a lot of classroom vacancies. And if you want to be one of the lucky candidates for any of these positions, remember that there are some “unwritten” but very apparent qualifications that need to be met before our lawmakers want you teaching our kids. 1. Have A Fear Of Calling Students … Continue reading Timothy and Philip’s Ideal Job Description Of The North Carolina Teacher