Over a course of ten months, North Carolina public school teachers are officially employed for 215 days. Students in North Carolina typically go to school at least 180 days a school year. Most LEA’s define a contracted day of work as being eight hours for a teacher. Imagine what would happen if educators only worked … Continue reading Reason #13 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – What If Teachers Only Worked The Hours They Were Contracted For?

Thursday starts with this on the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal. That one photo took up about 20% of the entire first page. From that article: The exodus of one-third of the school district's high school athletic directors will leave a leadership and experience gap, he said. Cromwell lamented that throughout the budget crisis, … Continue reading One Day In A Winston-Salem / Forsyth County School: 4/2/26

From WRAL.com: The court threw out that plan Thursday in a 4-3 decision. The ruling invalidates the last decade's worth of actions in the case. But instead of remanding the lawsuit for further action on the claims of the original five school boards that sued — Cumberland, Hoke, Halifax, Vance and Robeson — the court dismissed the case entirely … Continue reading Reason #12 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – What The NC State Supreme Court Did Yesterday

Do a Google search for “duke energy rate hikes over last ten years” and see what the initial AI results show. Interesting. “Cumulative Impact: Recent, consecutive increases mean rates have significantly outpaced inflation, leading to public concern over affordability.” Rates have “SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACED INFLATION.” Now do a search for “north carolina general assembly duke rate hikes” … Continue reading Reason #11 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – Because The NCGA Cares More About Duke Energy’s Profits Than Funding Public Schools

Apparently, that was a lie. Or a cover. Or a ruse. Or, just all of them. From 2017: And then we get Tricia Cotham’s betrayal to public schools. And that argument about vouchers being for lower-income families was just thrown aside. Governor Cooper vetoed the bill that expanded vouchers because it expands vouchers to all … Continue reading Reason #10 To Put #KidsOverCorporations – Remember When Vouchers Were For Lower-Income Families?