If you follow national educational news, you surely would have come across Ryan Walters, the young firebrand of a state superintendent in Oklahoma. To say that he is a Christian nationalist would be accurate. His words and actions as the top education official in the heavily red state are well-known. Walters is the face of … Continue reading Michele Morrow’s Latest Video: Her Wish To Emulate Oklahoma’s State Super

Picking Betsy DeVos in 2016 as the Secretary of Education was like letting an arsonist loose in a drought-ridden forest and giving her gasoline and matches to play with. It was another terrible choice by President Trump and an indication that the privatization movement that already has a head start in North Carolina had a … Continue reading At Stake In This Election? The Return Of This Person.

Below is a table that tallies the top step salaries for teachers with a Master’s Degree in North Carolina without adjustment for inflation. It starts with 2006-2007 school year. Imagine being a teacher who starts in each of those years looking at the salary schedule to see what could be possible when you reach the … Continue reading A History Of Not Raising Teachers’ Pay In NC: 2006-2024

The use of a red apple as a symbol for public education is fairly well-known. And the use of the "Apple Card" for voting suggestions is a time-honored tradition for NCAE and affiliates to display endorsements of pro-public education candidates for local, state, and national elections. It is no surprise that Michele Morrow is trying … Continue reading The Rotten Apple Running For NC State Superintendent

The fact that many teachers in this state (and others) have set up Amazon Wishlists is a strong indication of the NCGA’s unwillingness to fully fund public schools. The NC General Assembly has acknowledged the fact that teachers need fully funded schools and resources as well as the professional license to pursue what they know … Continue reading A Teacher’s “Amazon Wishlist” For The NCGA

It’s a special kind of cruel irony that the only state in the country with the lowest legal minimum wage, no collective bargaining rights, refused Medicaid expansion for decade, has loosely regulated vouchers and charter school expansion, has a school performance grading system that measures achievement over growth, and possesses the lowest corporate flat tax … Continue reading Dear NC Teachers, You (And All Public Employees) Should Have Collective Bargaining Rights

From the Minnesota Governor's official website: "In addition to teaching social studies, Tim helped coach the Mankato West football team that won the school’s first state championship." A teacher. A Social Studies teacher. And a state championship coach in football. Just remember that a man who is trying to become governor of this state doesn't … Continue reading Kamala Harris’s VP Pick? A Teacher. A Public School Teacher. And A Coach.

“I ain’t no little weak gymnast that quits when the going gets tough. My generation’s cut from a different cloth.”- Mark Robinson, 2021 Has Robinson been watching the Olympics or is he still filming commercials trying to portray himself as someone who totally contradicts the very words and actions that have defined his character since … Continue reading Dear Mark Robinson, Did You See What That “Weak Little Gymnast” Just Accomplished?

Remember that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is on the State Board of Education. He launched an initiative that is nothing more than a witch hunt against teachers that he disguised as a battle against “indoctrination.” And he says really repugnant things about gay people. Here's one from the fall of 2021. That statement was made while … Continue reading Remembering When Mark Robinson Called Some Of Our Students “What the cows leave behind”