Today, President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to oversee Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. Might be worth remembering that this happened in April of 2020. “Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, … Continue reading Dr. Oz Has Been Nominated To Oversee The Nation’s Health Care System. Remembering What He Said About Schools During COVID.

Yes, we needed to elect Josh Stein as governor over Mark Robinson. Mo Green needed to be elected to become the next State Superintendent of North Carolina. Jeff Jackson needed to be elected over Dan Bishop. And then there is this election: If you have any knowledge of the LEANDRO decision to fund our public … Continue reading The Most Important Election For Public Education In NC You May Not Know Much About Was Just Won

It's not hard to believe that a body of decision makers who have gerrymandered their majority in the North Carolina General Assembly and who have consistently attacked the public school system would still consider expanding vouchers in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Two summers ago, 19 eastern NC superintendents wrote a letter explicitly stating that … Continue reading Down East, Helene, & Propublica: Why Expanding Vouchers In NC Is “Frankly Disgusting”

This is the man who is positioning himself to be the next Secretary of Education in the next Trump administration. He's working hard at it in Oklahoma. Even spending millions on bibles to place in each classroom in OK's public schools. So, would you want your taxpayer funded public schools to be forced to watch … Continue reading All Students Forced To Watch A State Super Pray During Class?

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 Wanted: Working Conditions That Will Attract And Keep Career Teachers

Some quick reminders of how much NC's public education system relies on funding from the federal government. That is NC in that "top 10" states in federal share of public education funds. And there are a lot of public post-secondary schools in NC. Ten of those institutions are HBCUs. And NC is not very good … Continue reading NC Needs The Department Of Education

That is, if he does not destroy the department first as dictated in Project 2025. However, this guy makes Betsy DeVos look tame in some ways except DeVos's money gives her the power to finance people like... Oklahoma's Ryan Walters. If you follow national educational news, you surely would have come across Ryan Walters, the … Continue reading Want To Meet Trump’s Possible Secretary Of Education?

Just a reminder that over 90% of the budget for the federal Dept. of Education goes to Pell grants, student loans, under resourced public schools, and those who are serviced through special education. To be specific, it offers services and oversight that are desperately needed. From the overview from the federal government’s website: And that’s just … Continue reading Yes, NC. He Wants To Do Away With The Department Of Education.

The election is over. Trump attempted to publicly distance himself from a document that mentions his name 312 different times during the summer and early fall, but he doesn't need to now. So… in a continued look at the document Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership, I revisited a simple find and search on key words, terms, … Continue reading So, Now Will You Look At Project 2025?

In October of 2017, the venerable James Ford of the Public School Forum delivered the keynote address at the North Carolina English Teacher’s Association. It was more than exceptional as Ford highlighted that what hurts our schools most are external factors that are not being dealt with such as systemic poverty. Part of his presentation … Continue reading NC Has A New State Super. He Should Push To End Using EVAAS.