A huge victory for public school advocates today. Betsy DeVos's attempt to steer CARES money to private schools was struck down in court today. A 13-page filing issues this evening explained the ruling. North Carolina parents helped in this. From the Southern Poverty Law Center: The plaintiffs are the NAACP, public school parents and districts … Continue reading NAACP & Parents Win HUGE Victory Against Betsy DeVos

It was reported this week that the Department of Public Instruction is exploring how to administer NC EOG and EOC exams remotely in the spring. According to Mr. Hui's report in the recent issue of the News & Observer, there are a lot of hurdles standing in the way of that happening just from a … Continue reading Virtual NC EOG & EOC Exams In The Spring? Might Want To Think More About That

California is doing away with something that NC uses to measure school performance grades: ACT scores. From CNN: The University of California system can no longer use ACT and SAT tests as a determinant for admissions, a superior court judge has ruled, handing a victory to students with disabilities.The "test optional" policy at most UC campuses affords … Continue reading Should NC Stop Allowing The ACT & SAT To Be Used For College Admissions Altogether? One State Just Did.

The North Carolina General Assembly is supposedly coming back to meet for a two-day session and take up a "stimulus" bill that would appropriate federal money for COVID-19 relief. Alex Granados highlighted this brief session and its expectations in an article posted yesterday on EdNC.org. It is an important piece of reporting. Granados specifies the … Continue reading They Are Holding “Hold Harmless” Hostage

This tweet shows you all you need to know about Phil Berger's (and his cronies') commitment to fully funding public education according to a court ruling. And who is @MyNCSenate? A little over two months and you could help vote these people out of power.

This past month Rep. David Lewis abruptly resigned from his office after pleading guilty to federal charges of siphoning money from political funds to personal funds. In the actual documentation concerning the charges, what Lewis did was simply change a little in the nomenclature of a name so that it appeared he was making legit … Continue reading A “Space” And A Comma: Rep. David Lewis’s Lesson In Teaching Editing And Proofreading Skills

Funny that just a few days after Sen. Phil Berger posted this as electioneering propaganda that this report is released on WFMYnews2.com: It makes reference to a report from smartestdollar.com about teacher pay gaps in comparison to other occupations with comparable education requirements. The report lists large, small, and mid-size metropolitan areas that have the … Continue reading How About This Ranking, Sen. Berger? About The Pay Gap For NC Teachers

Senator Phil Berger's "Press Shop" recently has been parading a new post that grossly misrepresents NC's ranking in the Southeast and the nation as far as its treatment of public education, specifically the money spent on K-12 schools, money per pupil spent, and average salaries. It makes reference to this recent July 2020 publication from … Continue reading More Like Fool’s Gold: Looking At Berger’s Claims of “High-Octane Growth” Within NEA’s State Rankings

I am not the teacher I am now without the unselfish mentoring of Judy Oakley. I am not the parent I am now without the example of Judy Oakley. Most importantly, I am not the person I am now without witnessing the way that Judy Oakley lived her life. In the past couple of days … Continue reading Judy Arnn Oakley Was The Best Of Us. She Still is.

An “Opportunity Grant” in North Carolina is worth up to $4200 a year to cover (or help cover) tuition at a non-public participating school. Currently NC is on pace to give almost a billion dollars to vouchers within the next ten years. This is a system that was considered the least transparent in the entire country … Continue reading State Financed Discrimination & Homophobia: North Carolina’s Voucher System