Any 10th grade teachers in North Carolina still waiting for their EOCT test grades to be sent back so that final grades can be tabulated? Even if it is an end-of-course test that can be scanned through a machine or a test that has a writing component, those tests should be graded and rated "in … Continue reading State Tests For NC Should Not Be Graded By Third Party Vendors

You probably have now heard of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's latest "lesson" that he taught from his favorite type of classroom: the pulpit. Think of it as a lesson in gender studies. From WRAL.com (where the youtube link was found): https://www.youtube.com/embed/EGRvl3taMH8 Ironically, someone that Robinson caters to made a recent statement about gender studies not … Continue reading A Lesson In Gender Studies & Rhetoric By An Unintentional Teacher

When schools closed their buildings in this state on March 20, 2020, little did we know how long the effects of the pandemic and our response to it would last. Sadly, we are still reeling from the politicized reactions of COVID-19. I can't speak for all teachers, but I can honestly say that we have … Continue reading March 811th: Time For Teachers To Start Healing

From WRAL.com today: When this story was read this morning, this was the number of classroom teacher vacancies according to TeachNC. That's 21,402.

As the short session for the North Carolina General Assembly got started a few days ago, a couple of senate bills were filed that would continue the availability of free breakfasts and lunches for public school students in the state. During the pandemic, these were funded with COVID relief funds. That will end soon. But … Continue reading We Should Fund Free Meals For NC Public School Students & Here’s How We Can Begin To Pay For It

According to TeachNC on November 3rd of this school year, 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 – the average salary of a teacher in NC is 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 10 Months?

Those who seek to “reform” public education will all use numbers and figures that portray student achievement in public schools as lagging. They may talk of low student test scores and graduation rates that are not high enough. They may talk about school performance grades and teacher evaluations.  Yet their arguments rely mostly on hazy … Continue reading Test Scores, Student Achievement, & Graduation Rates: Three of the Most “Spun” Terms in Public Education Reform

Remember when we had a state superintendent who wanted to start his tenure with a listening tour? “When I took office as State Superintendent, I embarked on a statewide listening tour to hear directly from educators, parents, and community and business leaders. Now I am able to focus on priorities highlighted by teachers from Murphy … Continue reading A Word About Those “Listening Tours” For The New Teacher Licensure Plan

Interesting that our State Supt. Catherine Truitt would fight to get this $10K diverted from diversity in "pickleball" in Wake County in order to score score some political points and public publicity when she cannot even acknowledfge some other glaring truths. About same time in which she tweeted this... ...this report was released from the … Continue reading “What If Instead Of Focusing On #pickelball,” You Focused On LEANDRO

Literally days after the horrific Uvalde, TX school massacre, the NRA is holding its annual convention right down the road in Houston. And while some noted speakers have cancelled in-person appearances, others have not. That includes former president Trump, Sen. "Schools Should Only Have One Door" Ted Cruz, and ... North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark … Continue reading Dear Mr. Lt. Gov. & State School Board Member Who Hunts For Fake Indoctrinating Witches, Are You Still Speaking At The NRA Convention Today?