Talk about the one-person, one-vote rule. Some rural lawmakers are literally proposing to abolish that. From the Winston-Salem Journal: "In fact, if House Bill 234, titled "Little Federal Model NC Edition," becomes law, Forsyth and Guilford could be joined to have just one senator, as well as Durham and Wake counties. "The proposed legislation would … Continue reading One-Person, One-Vote?

EdNC.org today published a piece entitled "If you care about teacher morale in North Carolina, this data is worth a look" that begins, "Education Week recently released its Teacher Morale Index, which helps us understand how teachers in North Carolina and across the United States feel about their profession." Maybe teacher morale was up from last year … Continue reading Don’t Think That Report On Teacher Morale Is Very Accurate

The election is over. Last year 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 … Continue reading Remember Project 2025? It Never Forgot You.

When a state keeps lowering the corporate tax rate and the amount of state taxes placed upon wealthier people, that affects how much money comes into the state coffers. And look at the amount of money NC now has allocated for Opportunity Grants after the recent veto override in the latter part of 2024. Put … Continue reading NC Can Fully Fund Our Public Schools. (If It Wanted To).

The GOP-led NC legislature’s 2013 decision to end graduate degree pay bumps for new teachers entering the teaching profession was not only misguided, but another wave in the assault on public education that continues here in the Old North State. And the very person who has influenced more policy on public education since 2013, Sen. … Continue reading NC Should Restore Graduate Degree Pay

She's there for one reason: to eliminate as much of the Department of Education as possible under the way that the current law is being allowed to be interpreted. And then some. On a recent Fox News show with Laura Ingraham, newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon could not even remember what IDEA stood … Continue reading When The Secretary Of Education Has No Idea What IDEA Is

This is a real life, current cross-curricular lesson that involves economics, climate, and politics. Think of it as a lesson that combines science, personal finance, civics, and social studies. Maybe since North Carolina is pushing AP courses for high schoolers, it could be a lesson for those students who take AP Environmental Science, AP Government … Continue reading When AP Environmental Science, AP GoPo & AP Econ Collide In Real Life Here In NC

The most current numbers for the following: Average Gas Price Average Milk Price Average Egg Prices Average Bread Price Federal Interest Rate Dow Jones Index Inflation Rate NC Tax Rates NC Minimum Wage Unemployment Rates Unemployment Benefits Number of People Who Enrolled in ACA coverage Number of Students in NC Public Schools (K-12) Number of … Continue reading Near The “Ides of March” 2025- Numbers To Consider

Apparently, offices for the Department of Education will be closed tomorrow. And just reported by CNN.com: Stephen Sawchuck, assistant managing editor for Education Week, offered some insight as to what these cuts will do. It's that "understaffing" part that seems the most deliberate. Any teacher in NC (or the country that matter) knows how an … Continue reading It’s Happening. Starting Wednesday.

From October, 2022: Also recently before the last election: And now we get this: Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food from nearby farms through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program in 2025 has been canceled, according to the School Nutrition Association. From Carolina Farm … Continue reading Now Even Less Money For Food In Public Schools