North Carolina: Double Standard Defines School Funding and Accountability
The citizens’ group “Public Schools First NC” has published a scathing critique of the double standards that the General Assembly has inserted into the laws...
Category : North Carolina
North Carolina: The End of an Experiment
North Carolina has been in the forefront of destructive education policies ever since the Tea Party won control of the state’s General Assembly (legislature) in...
North Carolina: State Superintendent of Schools Derides “Critical Thinking”
Catherine Truitt, the Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina sneered at critical thinking, as she put forth her own definition of what education...
North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Charter Schools Are Not Immune from Civil Suits Because They Are Not State Agencies
The North Carolina Supreme Court dealt a legal blow to charter schools. It ruled that they are not immune from civil suits, as public schools...
North Carolina: Republicans Legislators Make War on Public Schools
Ever since Republicans in North Carolina took control of the General Assembly (legislature) in 2010, they have tried to diminish the state’s responsibility for the...
North Carolina: “Proud Boys” Show Up at Wilmington School Board Meeting
Five members of the white-nationalist “Proud Boys” showed up at the New Hanover County School Board meeting, dressed up in their organization’s colors. They did...
North Carolina: Vote to Save Your Public Schools!
Check the candidates’ bona fides carefully. Don’t be fooled! People in the North Carolina Chapel Hill Carrboro School District should vote for these three pro-public...
North Carolina: Search for “Indoctrination” in Schools Flops
The editorial board of the Charlotte Observer wrote about the state government’s failed search for “indoctrination” in the schools. Charlotte Observer Editorial Board: North Carolina’s...
North Carolina Parent: I Used to Think My Legislators Supported Public Schools. They Don’t.
Renee Sekel is a parent and public school advocate in North Carolina. She sends her children to public schools. She remembers when she naively believed...
North Carolina: Republicans Push Law to Prevent “Indoctrination”
Republican leaders in North Carolina, who hold a majority in the General Assembly, but not the Governorship, suspect that liberal teachers are “indoctrinating” their students....