Despite what DPI and the NC General Assembly want to put forth as a positive narrative, North Carolina has a gaping hole of vacancies in our public schools. On September 26, 2022 (one month into this traditional school year), there were well over 15,000 vacancies on TeachNC’s job search feature. On April 7, 2023, that … Continue reading NC Is #4 In The Nation (In Percentage Of Unqualified Teachers)

You sold out. Five previous terms in the NC General Assembly before running on a 2022 platform of pro-public education, pro-choice, and protections for all North Carolinians that got you elected in a heavily blue district and you... sold out. And before you talk about that "well I had to go with my heart and … Continue reading “You Sold Out.” An Open Letter To Rep. Tricia Cotham.

So, this happened today: A woman who 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. She recently retweeted a pro-school choice blurb from Corey DeAngelis, … Continue reading This Former Public School TOY & Administrator And Now Representative Just Switched Parties To Ensure More Money Is Taken From Public Schools

When Pat McCrory was governor, the GOP super majority changed budget protocol and made the state budget a biennial process. In an odd-numbered year, a budget is set forth to encompass the next two fiscal years. Amendments to the budget can be made in even-numbered years. Furthermore, if a budget is not passed, then the … Continue reading Please Remember That NC’s State Budget Is BIENNIAL – It Covers TWO Years

In Supt. Catherine Truitt's newly released version of her biggest initiative, Operation Polaris 2.0, this past January, the word literacy is mentioned over 60 times. It's even a specific chapter in the 44 page report. And it is a vital part of her DPI "North Star" graphic. Go back to 2020 when the architect of … Continue reading If Literacy Is So Important To DPI, Then Why Is It Not Fighting For Students To Be Literate In ALL SUBJECTS

Surely many if you have heard of the situation in Florida (surprise!) in which a principal resigned rather than be fired over the fact that one of the most renowned pieces of art was shown to students for the one-millionth time in a public school. The artwork was Michelangelo's sculpture David. Apparently, David has a … Continue reading Using Michelangelo’s “David” In North Carolina Public School Classrooms

It's called NCTeachertax.com. And it's a powerful tool to show how much money teachers have lost since salary schedules have been "amended" since the Great Recession. Public school advocate John deVille describes it best: As a veteran teacher in NC who entered the profession last century, I put in my information and asked the program … Continue reading $100,704. That’s My Teacher Tax. Find Out Yours Here.

Before the Great Recession: In 2023 with a massive state surplus and a court ordered LEANDRO decision:

One of the best benefits of being a veteran teacher and one of the best ways to help people commit to a full career to the teaching profession is the pension plan. Retirement is based on the average of four highest paid years of a teacher’s career. According to the 2021-2022 salary schedule, the most … Continue reading So, They Want To Take Away The Teacher Pension?

There is another push to stop the teaching of anything that policy makers seem to remotely associate to Critical Race Theory in public schools. The idea that we as public school educators must use a certain slant to present history in order to make all seem “equal” is rather seditiously ironic since the very body … Continue reading We Have To Teach Real History In Our Schools