Below is a data graph that shows the percentage change in the number of people who complete a teacher prep program when comparing the years of 2008-2011 to the years of 2014 - 2017. It was posted by Ed Fuller, Assistant Professor at Penn State University and tweeted out by Kris Nordstrom. That's North Carolina … Continue reading In NC It’s Almost 40%: The Change In People Graduating Teacher Prep Programs

Malcolm turns 12 today. So a “Happy Birthday” to a kid who: teaches everyone how to live in the present, honestly tells you how he feels, reminds me that special needs actually applies to everyone, changes clothes three times a day because, well, because, perfected the art of the smile, calls me by my first … Continue reading Happy Birthday to Malcolm – Another Year of Awesome

In 2013, the state of North Carolina started using a value-added measurement scale to help gauge teacher effectiveness and school performance. Developed by SAS which is headquartered in the Triangle area of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, EVAAS collects student data and creates reports that are used to measure teacher and school effectiveness. EVAAS stands … Continue reading This Teacher Is Tired Of Educators And Schools Being Measured By The Secret Algorithms And Changing Variables Of SAS

In a week that saw some of our selfish NCGA members use a Day of Remembrance to ram through a veto override vote three months after it was issued in an extended session that has cost taxpayers millions to keep convening, it is probably not a good time to send an email like the one … Continue reading Another Ill-Timed Email From the State Superintendent

North Carolina is in the middle of a mad dash to redraw unconstitutionally gerrymandered district maps. Yesterday, the NCGOP created a ruse to force a favorable vote to override a budget veto by the governor. This state has a significant manufactured state surplus. And our state superintendent, who procured surreptitious contracts with ClassWallet and iStation, … Continue reading We Have A Large State Surplus And My State Superintendent Introduces Me To DonorsChoose.org

Rob Schofield posted a piece last April on NC Policy Watch that reported on an effort for all of North Carolina’s public employees to have collective bargaining rights. More than 600,000 public employees throughout North Carolina would obtain a right that’s been denied to them for 60 years under a pair companion bills introduced in the … Continue reading What Tim Moore Did Yesterday Proves That NC Teachers (And All Public Employees) Should Have Collective Bargaining Rights

“But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic — their irises are one-yard high. They look out of no face, but, instead, from a … Continue reading The Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Are Now Staring At Moore, Berger, and Lewis

On the anniversary of the most horrific terrorist act to ever happen on American soil.                      

Put aside the fact that Sen. Phil Berger seems to be "put off" by the fact that Gov. Cooper is playing hardball politics that Berger has been playing for his entire politial career. Actually Berger really needs to get out a positive narrative with the recent decision on the gerrymandered maps in NC, a possible … Continue reading Not Really “Bipartisan” – About Phil Berger’s Op-Ed On Cooper’s Veto Concerning Read to Achieve

In a recent EdNC.org op-ed, Rhonda Dillingham, Executive Director of the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools, defended North Carolina's charter schools from criticism concerning perpetuating segregation. She said, "Since then (1996), charter schools, which will always be free and open to all, have offered exceptional student learning environments and created opportunities for all students nationwide … Continue reading Are NC’s Charter Schools Diverse As The NC Association of Public Charter Schools Claims? The Numbers Don’t Say So.