...teachers. Simply put - you are losing teachers. Veterans who will retire early and go someplace else. Beginning teachers who do not see any advantage in staying after the first couple of years. Potential teachers currently in high school and college who are deciding to maybe pursue another career path. What is wrong with schools … Continue reading Dear WSFCS (And All NC School Systems), You’re Losing…

… even the bare minimum of respect for the teaching profession for those who have been teachers or would ever want to be teachers to feel valued inside of a North Carolina classroom. And that lack of respect comes from the top which is ironic when it comes to the ideology of those in power … Continue reading There Is No Teacher Shortage. There’s A Shortage Of…

That's a big question - at least here in Winston-Salem / Forsyth County. Just go to your local county/city board of elections website. For my school district, I could just do a simple Google search. There it is - "Board of Elections". At the top, there is a link for "candidates" that should lead you … Continue reading Do You Know Who Is Running For Your Local School Board?

Take a look at the states that surround North Carolina. While NC shares a border with 4 other states, it does not take long to travel to some others. Some lawmakers like to construct “favorable” comparisons to other southeastern states to make the argument that we as a state are fairly treating our teachers. Hogwash. … Continue reading 9 Of 10 Southeastern States Give Graduate Degree Pay To Teachers. Guess Which State Does Not.

The fact that the WSFCS school board reversed its decision on the 2026-2027 school calendar shows a variety of truths. The first is that the board listens more to the perceived threats from a state statute than it does from the very people who elected them. When they originally decided on a calendar, they went … Continue reading About The WSFCS School Board Reversal On The School Calendar

Think of LEANDRO. Think of district mapping. Think of voting rights. And think of what this guy tried to do to get a place here. In the scope of things, the most important election in 2026 may not be for an office in Washington or West Jones Street, but may be the one involving this … Continue reading The Most Important Political Race In 2026 For Public Education

Senator Phil Berger has done more to try and dismantle public schools in North Carolina than any other person in this state. In the past fifteen years, Berger has spearheaded as many attacks against public schools and the people who work in them as any lawmaker in the country. Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National Average Removal … Continue reading No One Has Hurt Public Schools In NC More Than Phil Berger

Just a hint at how dysfunctional our local school board is: Out of 3,845 respondents to the statement "It is important to me that semester 1 (Q1 and Q2) end before winter break," only 6.58% disagreed. More than 80% of respondents explicitly said that ending the first semester with exams BEFORE the winter break was … Continue reading What The Hell, WSFCS School Board?

You can't make this up. https://twitter.com/i/status/1999494409075728626 That's the same grinch who had to do this because of other things that were stolen from under the tree. And I'm pretty sure that the font on that sequined jacket is not Time New Roman.

From Bible Hub, specifically Matthew 6:6: So here is another explanation of why the WSFCS school system went into so much debt: "Not long after we kicked God off the dais, as we may phrase it, we found that our debt had ballooned to nearly $50 million," board member Steve Wood told host Bill Mixon on … Continue reading “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen” unless it is a school board meeting.