Remember Michelle Rhee’s visit to North Carolina last year for a “closed-door” meeting (February 7th ,2017) with lawmakers brokered by an educational lobbying body of business leaders called BEST NC (coupled with the NC GOP’s invitation to Betsy DeVos who had just been confirmed as Trump’s secretary of education)? It was another ominous omen of … Continue reading The Privatization of North Carolina’s Public Schools – A Who’s Who
Chad Barefoot
HB90 Shows That NC’s Public School Children Are Political Pawns
News today that a "fix" for the class size mandate was "agreed" upon by both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly should seem like a welcome outcome. On the surface, it is a victory for parents, advocates, and schools in that the mandate will be pushed back for a while and some extra funding … Continue reading HB90 Shows That NC’s Public School Children Are Political Pawns
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10 Minutes of “Pathologia Boven Excrementum” – Sen. Barefoot on Class Size Chaos
Watching a politician try to explain with circular reasoning, strawmen, and other logical fallacies the reason why he should not be faulted for something he intentionally did can be entertaining. Or painful. Or in this case, maddening. This past weekend, Education Matters aired an episode on the class size mandate. The show is produced by … Continue reading 10 Minutes of “Pathologia Boven Excrementum” – Sen. Barefoot on Class Size Chaos
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Fully Fund The Specials, Raleigh – The Bible Tells Us So
We live in a country that is the most evangelical in the world. We live in a state that is part of the Bible Belt. In fact, it may be part of the buckle. And it is amazing how many American politicians seek to gain a political endorsement from the Son of God. They … Continue reading Fully Fund The Specials, Raleigh – The Bible Tells Us So
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My Kid Is An Artist – One of the Many Reasons For Me to Go to the Rally to Stop #ClassSizeChaos
When lawmakers in Raleigh like Chad Barefoot and Phil Berger tell you that the class size mandate is a good thing and has already been funded, then please realize that they are lying. Straight through their teeth. With a smile. Interestingly enough, what this unfunded mandate will do to elementary schools will be felt for … Continue reading My Kid Is An Artist – One of the Many Reasons For Me to Go to the Rally to Stop #ClassSizeChaos
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A Convenient Lie, Or Rather The NCGA’s Deliberate Distortion of the Truth
Remember when Sen. Chad Barefoot said this in February of 2017 concerning House Bill 13? “For years, the General Assembly has been sending tens of millions of dollars to districts for new classroom teachers for the purpose of lowering classroom sizes,” he said. “The question we keep asking over and over again is, ‘What did … Continue reading A Convenient Lie, Or Rather The NCGA’s Deliberate Distortion of the Truth
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About the NC Gerrymandered Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform
Beginning this month, a “Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform” is meeting in Raleigh to start “investigating” how to “best” fund public schools with state money. And they are now looking at possibly eliminating the salary schedule for public school teachers and what might be another disastrous, planned “reform.” As Billy Ball reported … Continue reading About the NC Gerrymandered Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform
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School Districts Don’t Need to Manage Money “Better” – Lawmakers Need to Better Fund Schools
Today Lindsay Wagner posted an incredible piece concerning the class size mandate that Raleigh has placed on K-3 classrooms and the effects on local school systems. In "Without action, class size mandate threatens Pre-K in some school districts" on the Public School Forum of North Carolina website, Wagner focuses on Warren County's situation. Without the … Continue reading School Districts Don’t Need to Manage Money “Better” – Lawmakers Need to Better Fund Schools
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“At” The Table or “On” the Table – The Need for Teacher Input in Educational “Reform”
You can be either “at” the table or “on” the table. For teachers in North Carolina, there are many other prepositions that could identify the relationship between the legislation process and teacher input such as “under” the table, “without” a place at the table, or “behind” the table. But we are really never “at” the … Continue reading “At” The Table or “On” the Table – The Need for Teacher Input in Educational “Reform”
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What Chad Barefoot and the NC General Assembly Can Learn From Betsy DeVos About SB599
If you don't remember this past summer, a new bill was introduced to "reinvigorate" the teacher pipeline here in North Carolina. It was called SB599 and was originally championed by Chad Barefoot. It is not too hard to see that the need for a "teacher pipeline" has been on the minds of the NC General … Continue reading What Chad Barefoot and the NC General Assembly Can Learn From Betsy DeVos About SB599
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