When Governor Cooper vetoed House Bill 10, he was trying to keep another half a billion dollars this year from going to vouchers. Vouchers would hurt rural county school systems most. In the late spring of 2023, 19 superintendents whose systems reside in 17 eastern rural counties wrote a letter asking that vouchers not be … Continue reading Even After The Election, NC Should Still Not Expand Vouchers

Despite what emotions have been expressed and/or suppressed (and will in the near future), the reality of the election will settle in, and there are a lot of people paid a lot of money to find out exactly why certain people won office with certain demographics voting for them. In a state where the republican … Continue reading Looking At Positives: What Was Won For Public Education On November 5th

“Vote for Michele Morrow. Work for Michele Morrow. And help her be successful in the effort. Because God knows we need it.”-minisoldr, a.k.a. Mark Robinson Please do not let it be lost on anyone that hardly anyone, including Michele Morrow, has denounced the Lt. Governor’s actions and comments that were reported in the recent past. And … Continue reading HB2, J6, And Minisoldr. NC Does Not Need These People In Office.

She is not a teacher. She does not have a plan. She just says she has a plan. She is not a public school parent. She said those things about Muslims. She was at the J6 insurrection. With her kids. She called for public executions of publicly elected officials. She amplified QAnon theories. She used … Continue reading 21 Reasons To Not Vote For Michele Morrow

Why? Because it offers services and oversight that are desperately needed. From the overview from the federal government's website: And that's just not for K-12 institutions. Have a student loan from the federal government? Department of Education handles that. Those lunches for students living in poverty? Department of Education. Around 8% of the public education … Continue reading Unlike Michele Morrow And Mark Robinson, I Want A Federal Department Of Education

For someone whose social media history is infested with vitriol and conspiracy theories, Michele Morrow's campaign amnesia is borderline humorous. "My opponent seems to think that hatred and fear are good motivational strategies."- Michele Morrow on Mo Green "In other comments on social media between 2019 and 2021 reviewed by CNN’s KFile, Morrow made disturbing … Continue reading Myopic Michele And Her Revisionist History

Remember him? He went on to run for Lt. Gov. on a platform to expose the “Deep State”. Remember when he cast himself as a champion of public education fighting against evil, unseen forces in a quest to bring effective, urgent, and positive change? Here are some more reminders of the incompetency of Mark Johnson. Johnson … Continue reading Mark Johnson Was A Horrible State Superintendent. Michele Morrow Would Be Much Worse.

The local public school is an established public good where taxpayer money helps to educate all of the students who pass through its doors no matter what socioeconomic background they come from. They could be students from single-parent families or presumably stable nuclear families.  Did the person for whom you voted (or will on Tuesday) … Continue reading I Want A Lawmaker Who Goes To Public High School Football Games (And Other School Events)

“If you’ve been a school teacher for years, you have the immune system of steel because just like healthcare workers, you are around children all day long who aren’t the best at covering their mouth or nose when they sneeze or cough,” Morrow said. “They’re not good at washing their hands after they go to … Continue reading Remember When Michele Morrow Claimed Teachers All Have “Immune System Of Steel” In 2020?

Our public schools are better than many lawmakers and office candidates portray them to be – people who have never spent time as educators. A lot better. And the problem is not the schools. The problem is the lawmaking body that controls the narrative of how schools are performing. With the constant dialogue that “we … Continue reading Michele Morrow Wants You To Think Our Schools Are Failing. They Are Much Better Than She Thinks.