…and have the score tied to their legislative profile. North Carolina is one of fewer than 20 states that requires all students (EC, LEP, etc.) to take the ACT, which has no impact on their transcripts, provides no feedback in its scores on how to improve student achievement and is administered on a school day … Continue reading Every North Carolina General Assembly Member Should Be Required to Take the ACT…

When the state of North Carolina had to have federal emergency funds to help with "learning losses" from the pandemic, it provided yet another example of how this state has horribly fulfilled its constitutional obligation to fund public education. Why? Because the learning losses were not just due to a once-in-a-lifetime worldwide pandemic, but that … Continue reading About Those ESSER Funds Running Out…

According to TeachNC on November 3rd of 2021, there were over 8500 vacancies in North Carolina for classroom teachers ALONE. In all, there were over 23,600 vacancies. Just looking at those teacher vacancies from 2021 – the average salary of a teacher in NC was right under $55,000 a year (according to the report from the … Continue reading Where Has The Money Already Budgeted For Vacant Teacher Positions In NC Been Going For The Last 3 Years?

Yes, you need to be aware of Project 2025. Despite what many claim that Trump had "no idea" about its construction, anyone who has read the contents of Project 2025 and viewed the RNC would not question that it is a driving force in the platform of a new Trump presidency. It’s over 900 pages. … Continue reading November 5, 2024 Happens Before (Project) 2025

Unsurprisingly, Michele Morrow has co-opted the MAGA campaign mantra "Make America Great Again" and molded her own unoriginal version: "Make Education Great Again." The images attached to this post were found on Morrow's Facebook account and while Morrow tries to ride the populist wave that MAGA creates, it does beg the question of what time … Continue reading So Michele Wants To “Make Education Great Again” – Begs The Question…

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 So How Many Teachers Did NC Lose This Past School Year? If Recent Data Trends Stand True…

This past May, most students who were taking an Advanced Placement test(s) in the first two weeks of the month were feeling the stress, anxiety, and weight that these tests may invite. And by now in July they will have received their scores and with those scores can sometimes come a collision between expectations and … Continue reading What AP Scores Can Show and Never Will

The following is currently posted on TEACH North Carolina’s (TeachNC) website as a recruitment tool for the teaching profession here in NC. What that graphic above doesn’t tell you is that not all local schools systems offer the same local supplements. And if you have been following the local news in New Hanover County (the school … Continue reading Another Reason That Teachers Should Be Mad As Hell – “Average” Raises and Still Below Average Salaries

If a lawmaker in Raleigh is really being honest, then he/she would have to acknowledge that the revamped teacher salary scale and removal of graduate degree pay are ways to make sure that when teachers retire, they will not be receiving as much in retirement pay as in the past. Consider that a teacher’s pension … Continue reading When $55,100 is Greater Than $79,157 – The NCGA’s Assault on Teacher Pension and Retirement

If due-process rights are not restored for new teachers, then the idea of having a rally or a march to advocate for students and schools ten to fifteen years from now would likely never happen. They are that important! Their removal was a beginning step in a patient, scripted, and ALEC-allying plan that systematically tries … Continue reading A Reason That Teachers Should Be Mad As Hell – Removal of Due-Process Rights and Career Status for Teachers