In an effort to politicize everything and try to salvage some sort of momentum in a failing race for governor, Dan Forest again did what he does best: show a complete lack of leadership ability and spend all of his energy blaming someone else. Forest recently lost a legal battle against Roy Cooper over the … Continue reading Why Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s Comments About Virtual Charters In NC Had Nothing To Do With Helping Students

Remember who this person is and what office she held under Governor PAt McCrory? That's Aldona Wos, the former head of NC's DHHS. Indy Week from exactly five years ago said it best. History will record that Aldona Wos, a Greensboro physician, socialite and Republican fundraiser, was secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human … Continue reading Hey NC! Remember This Lady? Her Husband Is Destroying The USPS

https://files.nc.gov/ncoshr/documents/files/Longevity_Pay_Policy.pdf In the long session of 2014, the NC General Assembly raised salaries for teachers in certain experience brackets that allowed them to say that an “average” salary for teachers was increased by over 7%. They called it a “historic raise.” However, if you divided the amount of money used in these “historic” raises by … Continue reading August of 2014 – That’s When I Last Received Longevity Pay For Being A Public School Teacher

Yesterday afternoon for the first time, a black woman woman was selected to be on the major ticket for a national election. Yesterday afternoon for the first time, a South Asian woman was selected to be on the major ticket for a national election. Yesterday afternoon for the first time, a graduate of a Historically … Continue reading The Selection Of Kamala Harris For VP Should Remind NC To Extend The Teacher Fellows Program To All Our HBCU’s

Remember that teachers no longer receive longevity pay like other state employees. Remember that bonuses are not salary increases. They are usually one-time payments. Also remember that bonuses get taxed and that none of it can go toward retirement. Senate Bill 818, which was revised as late as June, includes a one-time bonus of $350 … Continue reading About That $350 Bonus For Teachers – No NCGA Member Should Praise It

This might be one of the most important date tables you will see in a while. John deVille, veteran Macon County teacher and public school advocate, has this gift of presenting data in very digestible ways, even for those who don't want to confront reality. The title says it all. It reminds me of that … Continue reading One Data Table You Must See & The Absolute Need To Pass The HEROES Act

All of these were tweets or sent out in tweets this past summer. And all of them - Show that public education is as political an issue as it gets, andShow that public education is vital to the health of a community and country, and Show that no matter if you attended public schools or … Continue reading 13 Tweets That Summarize The School Reopening Debate

Below is the latest map from Dane West, who has been keeping direct tabs on each LEA in the state and their plans for reopening school buildings. It's as complete a map as any and he has actually been following as many school board meetings across the state as humanly possible. Dane is a Social … Continue reading Look At This Map Of School Reopening Plans & Compare Them To NCGA District Lines. You Might Be Surprised.

By now you have probably seen a photograph of a crowded school hallway during a class change in Paulding County, GA. Not many masks. Not much social distancing. Paulding County is in the northwest part of the Atlanta Metro Area. Not far from Fulton County where Atlanta is. The student who posted that picture has … Continue reading Using Teachers (& Students) As Political Pawns

If you didn't catch it, VP Mike Pence and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos came to NC to praise a private school's reopening to in-person instruction. That visit was at one of the eight campuses of the Thales Schools. All of them reopened in the same way. But now one of the campuses has reportedly … Continue reading About That Visit To NC By Pence & DeVos To Praise Reopening Schools