Take a look at this social media post. These are the same people who came at the request of Phil Berger, redrew congressional maps to gain an extra House seat, and passed it without debate - ALL WITHIN 48 HOURS - who can't even get a state budget passed over the span of months. Sen. … Continue reading You Lyin’ Son-of-a-Biscuit Eater. You’ve Had Over 12 Years To “Fix” Teacher Pay (& Public Education).

Remember that this state has yet to pass a new budget; therefore, educators are on the same salary schedule as last school year. And it is not likely we will see a new budget until the summer. It's as if it is frozen. Here is the salary schedule that was in place for the 2024-2025 … Continue reading Budget Process: Frozen. Salary Steps: Frozen. Insurance Premiums? NOT Frozen.

Throughout North Carolina, every local school board is wrestling with not just how to negotiate the lack of a new state budget and increasing monies given to vouchers. They are having to deal with problems fueled by partisan-fueled emotions. They are still having to consider the banning of books and "parents' rights." I do not … Continue reading This Past Year Has Shown Us That Local School Board Elections Are That Important For Every NC School System

Below is the salary schedule for a teacher in North Carolina for the 2024-2025 school year. It's also the same for the 2025-2026 school year. Why? Because there is no new state budget for North Carolina as the NC General Assembly and its power holders refuse to pass one. North Carolina is the only state … Continue reading They Are Already Cutting Teacher Retirement, Especially This Year. Just Look.

Remember when Tricia Cotham’s soulless exoskeleton offered something in that “lame chicken” session that occurred about one year ago: lies about the voucher scheme that had just siphoned off even more money from public schools. Cotham, a Mecklenburg County Republican, argued that expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship program is needed because a “predominance” of North Carolina’s … Continue reading One Thing To Not Be Thankful For In NC: Tricia Cotham

If you are in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School district as either staff or student, the options given for the school calendar for 2026-2027 are much more divergent than at first glance. Why? Because it doesn't tell you when the exams will be given. The "traditional" calendar has the first semester after the winter break. That … Continue reading WSFCS – One Calendar Option Is Much Better Than The Other

When the top public education official in the country mistakes technology for a classic condiment, then you know that she has trouble identifying a professional. https://twitter.com/i/status/1910362146791383539 Also, remember that in a 2025 Fox News show with Laura Ingraham, then newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon could not even remember what IDEA stood for. So, … Continue reading The Woman Who Has No IDEA And Thinks AI Is Steak Sauce Says We Are Not Professional

If the average school day in Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools is 7 hours, then over 200,000 hours of face-to-face instruction was taken away because of "immigration operations" within the around Charlotte. "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools did not say if the absences were connected to the ongoing immigration operation in the city." They were connected.

Art imitates life. It’s one of the reasons why teaching great works of literature is vital in a high school education. One title that is read and taught in many high school English I classes in North Carolina is Animal Farm. Animal Farm is an allegorical fable that Eric Blair (George Orwell was his pen name) uses … Continue reading Some Are More Equal Than Others – The Orwellian “Animal Farm” on West Jones Street

For those teachers who might be waiting for a new budget to pass this school year and any raises for teachers that should be included in that new budget to be reimbursed through "back pay" (like past years), don't count on it. Yes, North Carolina is the state in the country that does not have … Continue reading No NC Teacher, You Probably Will Not Get “Back Pay” For This School Year