Hui said 1 in 9 teachers left. That's over 10,000 teachers. 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 … Continue reading Did You Know That NC Lost 10,000 Teachers Last Year? There’s A Reason.

The GOP-led NC legislature’s 2013 decision to end graduate degree pay bumps for new teachers entering the teaching profession was not only misguided, but another wave in the assault on public education that continues here in the Old North State. And the very person who has influenced more policy on public education since 2013, Sen. … Continue reading Graduate Degrees Do Matter & NC Should Restore Graduate Degree Pay

This woman 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.  When Tricia Cotham switched parties, she gave the GOP in the NC General Assembly a veto-proof … Continue reading Another Half-A-Billion Dollars Taken From NC’s Public Schools

They want to pass this: House Bill HB1032. Look at that a little more closely. They want all of it to be posted. any materials textbooks readings videos digital materials websites online applications all lesson plans It’s rather insulting to think that my preparation and my continued development in my profession, my expertise in my … Continue reading Show Me Your Lesson Plans And Materials, Lawmakers Who Support This Bill

From last June: 19 superintendents from 17 rural counties. 1/6 of the public school superintendents in the entire state of North Carolina. Those 19 school systems reside on 17 counties. 13 of those counties have a republican representative in the NCGA House. 16 of them have a republican representative in the NCGA Senate. All of … Continue reading Remembering What 19 NC Rural Superintendents To Raleigh About Expanding Vouchers

So, this is what NC wants to do.

State Superintendent Catherine Truitt's tweet from today concerning the latest Teacher Working Conditions Survey is worth investigating because it illuminates a rather stark disconnect when it comes to teacher attitudes in working in NC. The results seem to make the profession an enviable one. It's worth looking at the item analysis of the results in … Continue reading About The Results Of The 2024 Teacher Working Conditions Survey

for our lawmakers. From yesterday's online posting for the News & Observer: An anonymous social media post over the weekend claimed that a group of North Carolina politicians were drunk and disruptive during a tour of a distillery in Kentucky. The post caused a stir in political circles, but officials questioned about the post Monday … Continue reading Maybe We Do Need To Talk About Discipline…

Not many teachers leave the profession because of how they are treated by the students (that is if there are systems in place to help teachers feel empowered when students need to face discipline and consequences for detrimental actions). Most teachers leave the profession because how they are treated by other adults: lawmakers, parents, taxpayers, … Continue reading It’s Not Because of Students; It’s Because Of The Adults – Why Teachers Leave.

...to destroy public education in North Carolina. There is a reason Michele Morrow deleted her old Twitter account. And what she is projecting now in the general election is a sanitized version of herself based solely on electability and a total lack of substance. If she could disown those previous hurtful words and truly seek … Continue reading Michele Morrow Is Completely Qualified…