It happened about a year ago to the day. Almost as if it was scripted and arranged beforehand with the switch of Rep. Tricia to the GOP over “personal grievances.” It’s House Bill 823. The ultimate school choice bill. Look at this part: This bill is not something that North Carolina was entertaining by itself. … Continue reading Expanding Vouchers In NC Is Not About Helping Low Income Families

This is an image Michele Morrow is using for her campaign. But it grossly misrepresents her qualifications and oversimplifies her actual connections to public service. First, being a wife and mother are noble. So is being in healthcare as a nurse. But she has never sent her children to public school while living in North … Continue reading “Wife. Mother. Nurse. Educator.” – About Michele Morrow’s Misleading Campaign Poster

One of the best benefits of being a veteran teacher and one of the best ways to help people commit to a full career to the teaching profession is the pension plan. Retirement is based on the average of four highest paid years of a teacher’s career. According to the 2023-2024 salary schedule, the most … Continue reading So, They Want To Take Away The Teacher Pension?

What Hui refers to in the tweet above and the report he posted for the News & Observer is a sharp increase in teacher attrition given in the DPI's recent report. That report can be found here. And that report focuses on March of 2022 to March of 2023. We are in April of 2024 … Continue reading “Nothing To See Here!” Just 1 In 9 NC Teachers Left The Profession In 12 Months?

If a lawmaker in Raleigh is really being honest, then he/she would have to acknowledge that the revamped teacher salary scale and removal of graduate degree pay are ways to make sure that when teachers retire, they will not be receiving as much in retirement pay as in the past. Consider that a teacher’s pension … Continue reading When $55,100 is Greater Than $79,157 – The NCGA’s Assault on Teacher Pension and Retirement

Nick Anderson’s political cartoon above from last spring may have been primarily for a Texan audience, but it is highly applicable in our state as the push to extend vouchers has ramped up, thanks to a bill introduced in 2023 that has the turncoat Tricia Cotham as the primary sponsor. “For all students, per year per … Continue reading Dear Rural Counties, Vouchers & School Choice Will Hit You Faster And Harder. And They’ll Use Your Money To Do It.

The Forsyth County Association of Educators is gathering signatures on their online petition to submit to the WSFCS School Board to address issues that affect all school environments. You do not have to be a member of FCAE to sign. You do not have be an employee of the school system to sign. Any stakeholder … Continue reading A Petition Addressing Understaffing, Funding Needs, And Student Learning Loss In WSFCS

From April last year: A woman who ran for office on a platform of being pro-public schools. For someone who was as accomplished an educator as she was, her move to a party that is embracing the dismantling of public education is rather sadistically ironic. At that time she had retweeted a pro-school choice blurb from … Continue reading One Year Ago This Week: Tricia Cotham Betrayed Public Education

Beware of witches. That's what I learned from Michele Morrow this week. Oh, and candy bars are suspect as well. https://twitter.com/i/status/1773485991891730580 I wonder if Morrow ever reported any witchcraft to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's squad of witch hunters? She can still issue a complaint on the Lt. Gov.’s official website. Please note that not a single … Continue reading “Witches With Twixes!”