DPI recently released a list of "qualifying" schools to be considered for the Innovative School District. I sincerely hope that each and every school on this list and their respective school systems, superintendents, school boards, and communities fight like hell to keep from being absorbed into this failure of a educational reform. North Carolina's ISD … Continue reading There Are 12 Qualifying Schools For The ISD. Each Should Fight Not To Be Part Of It.

iStation sent yet another email to parents in North Carolina today just to remind them of how much iStation has to legitimize itself to the people of North Carolina. Never mind that there is a stay in the implementation of iStation issued by the Department of Information Technology in effect (since August 20th). Never mind … Continue reading iStation’s “Aunt Becky” Moment

Kris Nordstrom tweeted the following this past week concerning an August 2019 report about Opportunity Grants applied for and awarded here in the 2019-2020 school year. Barely over 37% of the available money earmarked for these vouchers have been awarded. And this is not a new trend. In 2017-2018, almost $45 million dollars were invested in … Continue reading Yet Another Berger/Moore Partisan Double Standard: The Opportunity Grant Funding Surplus

There is one glaring shortcoming about the Teacher Working Conditions Survey issued by the state every two years in the spring: it should ask about teachers’ views not only of their school, but of their perceptions of the state leadership. You can see the questions that were administered on the 2018 version and the results here:  https://ncteachingconditions.org/results. … Continue reading What If NC Had A Teacher Working Conditions Survey With Questions About State Leadership Given Now?

Rep. Jeffrey Elmore talked in an op-ed this past July about how great teacher pay has become in North Carolina over the last few years. Besides never referring to the fact that furloughs and freezes were due to the Great Recession, Elmore clearly argues a fallacious talking point that seems to constantly need debunking. He said, … Continue reading The Average NC Teacher Salary is $53,975. Here’s Why That is Misleading.

WSOCTV.com (Channel 9) out of Charlotte recently updated an investigative report on broken air-conditioners on many CMS buses and published a response to the situation from a state lawmaker. A Channel 9 investigation into conditions on school buses is expanding after we first discovered Monday that 120 Charlotte-Mecklenburg School buses don't have working air conditioning. Several … Continue reading Another “Cold” Response From A Lawmaker Concerning The Needs of Schools – Yes, Rep. Craig Horn, This Concerns You

When receiving blanket emails and glossy flyers becomes the normal mode of communication from the state superintendent to teachers and parents, it becomes increasingly and painfully more apparent that what he chooses to "discuss" is an obvious attempt to not have to "confront" the real issues of public education in North Carolina. Remember that Mark … Continue reading The SPAM Of The State Superintendent

When an NC lawmaker makes a claim about how well they have treated public education, the whole story may not be told – only a glossy version. In this season of electioneering and rather important midterms, it is important to know that the biggest part of the iceberg is under the water level where most … Continue reading Debunking 13 Common Electioneering Claims Made by Current Politicians Concerning NC’s Public Schools

Today, NC Policy Watch highlighted a recent report by the Asheville Citizen Times that talked of a religious school in Buncombe County, Temple Baptist School, that receives over a third of the Opportunity Grant money funneled into Buncombe County. In the western part of the state, the “Citizen Times” reports that a conservative religious school … Continue reading The Book of Leviticus And The Use Of Opportunity Grants In Religious Schools

Simply put, it’s hard to build bridges in this state with those who are making the very divides that separate us. Before the Great Recession took hold of the country, North Carolina had what was considered the a public school system in the Southeast. That is no longer the case. While other states have helped … Continue reading This Teacher Does Not Want To “Build Bridges” Or “Have A Seat At The Table” With Berger & Moore; I Want To Vote Them Out