I am a child of the 80’s. Mix tapes are in my genetic makeup. This is my third mix tape for this blog. The first was a compilation of Bruce Springsteen for Gov. Pat McCrory. https://dianeravitch.net/2016/06/27/stuart-egan-tea-party-legislature-in-north-carolina-seeks-to-lock-steep-tax-cuts-into-the-state-constitution/ The second was for all of the North Carolina General Assembly and our rocky relationship compiling the best of … Continue reading Some JT for JT – A Justin Timberlake Mix Tape for Sen. Jerry Tillman
Stuart Egan: Tea Party Legislature in North Carolina Seeks to Lock Steep Tax Cuts into the State Constitution
Thanks to Dr. Raitch for posting.
Stuart Egan, NBCT high school teacher in North Carolina, describes the latest disaster cooked up by the North Carolina General Assembly, which is dominated by Tea Party extremists: a constitutional amendment to lock in steep tax cuts.
The General Assembly majority calls it TABOR, a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
Egan calls it “A Tourniquet Around the Bloodlines of Our Republic.”
GOP leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly are pushing for a proposal to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would cap the income tax rate a 5.5% (currently it is 10%).
That proposal is a political tourniquet, pure and simple. And just as limited blood flow would cause harm to the skeletal system in a body, this measure would cause our state’s infrastructure to slowly disintegrate.
Chris Fitzsimon puts it very bluntly in his latest “The Follies” from June 17, 2016 (http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2016/06/17/the-follies-253/). He states,
“As the…
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Sit-ins With Thoreau With Bare Arms, Tabor, Gollum, Didaskalithedemosiophobia, Cats, The Phantom Menace, Jesus Running For Office, Diane Ravitch, and License Plates – Week in Review for June 20 – 26
The busiest week this blog has ever had. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/20/curiosity-didnt-kill-the-cat-it-made-the-cat-a-better-student/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/20/unlockeing-the-john-locke-foundation-part-4-the-empire-strikes-back-with-a-menacing-phantom-study-report/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/21/mccrorys-didaskalithedemosiophobia-a-clinical-term-i-just-made-up-but-actually-exists/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/21/license-plates-for-lawmakers-part-2/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/22/politics-and-the-god-complex-putting-jesus-on-the-ticket/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/22/have-a-seat-and-let-them-smell-the-bullst/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/23/civil-disobedience-in-north-carolina-read-and-dont-thoreau-it-away/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/23/the-toughest-job-in-nc-being-gov-mccrorys-press-secretary/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/24/sb867-background-checking-the-right-to-bare-arms/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/24/tabor-a-tourniquet-around-the-bloodlines-of-our-republic/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/24/gollum-and-his-precious-the-achievment-school-district-and-what-is-in-its-pocketses/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/25/north-carolina-the-ongoing-destruction-of-public-education/
North Carolina: The Ongoing Destruction of Public Education
Thanks to Dr. Ravitch for keeping North Carolina in the light for others to see.
Wake up, people of North Carolina! The legislators in your state are pummeling your public schools with a sledge hammer. They are turning them over to for-profit corporations! Do you want your local public school to be run by a national corporation? Do you care who “owns” your neighborhood school?
Stuart Egan, a high school teacher in North Carolina, has been writing recently about the step-by-step privatization of public schools in North Carolina.
In this post, he describes the General Assembly’s decision to create an “Achievement School District,” modeled on the one that failed in Tennessee. The basic idea is to gather up the lowest-performing schools in the state (attended by the poorest students) and turn them over to a charter operator.
He cites the comment made by Rep. Cecil Brockman, who favors outsourcing these schools to out-of-state corporations:
Perhaps the most frustrating moment of the final debate came when…
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Gollum and his “Precious” – The Achievement School District and What is in Its Pocketses
Yep - I went there. In the latest besmirching of public schools, leaders of the Senate Education Committee gave their approval to an Achievement School District in North Carolina, a GOP backed endeavor that places low performing schools from poverty stricken areas in the hands of out-of-state, for-profit charter organizations. Past ASD “experiments” have … Continue reading Gollum and his “Precious” – The Achievement School District and What is in Its Pocketses
TABOR – A Tourniquet Around the Bloodlines of Our Republic
TABOR. To many in the NCGA it is called the TAxpayer Bill of Rights. Makes it sound like it truly benefits those in our state. It doesn’t. It’s just another catchy acronym that acts like a Trojan horse for something more destructive. Acronyms are easy to shape and easier to sound beneficial. However, the “benefits” … Continue reading TABOR – A Tourniquet Around the Bloodlines of Our Republic
SB867 – Background Checking The Right to Bare Arms
Again, irony makes this world go round. In an effort to wrap up the long session of the North Carolina General Assembly in record fashion, the reactionary creators of HB2, vouchers, unregulated charter school growth, and limited health care options are proffering one more reactionary measure to pass, probably with a midnight session. Senate Bill … Continue reading SB867 – Background Checking The Right to Bare Arms
The Toughest Job in NC – Being Gov. McCrory’s Press Secretary
This week the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system announced that it would allow the system’s transgender students to choose whatever bathroom fit their gender identification for this next upcoming school year, a move that has struck the nerve of one Gov. Pat McCrory. In a directly proactive move to accommodate students, CMS boldly did something for its … Continue reading The Toughest Job in NC – Being Gov. McCrory’s Press Secretary
Civil Disobedience in North Carolina – Read and Don’t Thoreau It Away
"If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; perchance it will wear smooth - certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider … Continue reading Civil Disobedience in North Carolina – Read and Don’t Thoreau It Away
Have a Seat And Let Them Smell The Bulls##t
Sometimes you need to stop to smell the flowers. Sometimes you need to sit down to force others to smell the bullshit. Here’s an image from WNCN of some of the teachers last week who staged a “sit-in” on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh to bring attention to the governor’s lack of action on public education … Continue reading Have a Seat And Let Them Smell The Bulls##t
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