by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 27, 2014 | Education, NC Politics |
For all the claims of decadent secularism, school vouchers originated not in religious flight but in white flight. Like so much of the GOP agenda, school privatization is a vestige of the Backlash. So as Reverend Barber observed, we’re back in Civil Rights territory....
by Thomas Mills | Feb 7, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGA |
The debate over teacher pay raises is over, at least as far as the general public is concerned. The Republicans announced they would roll out a plan next week and now the N.C. Chamber, the advocacy arm of the GOP, has laid out their vision. In a full-page ad in the...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 24, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Education, Issues, NCGov |
Pat McCrory really is trying hard to get a reset. Earlier this week, he rolled out a press conference at the Governor’s Mansion flanked by his cabinet secretaries. He went over his priorities for 2014, but failed to take any responsibility for the problems that came...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, Politics
Yesterday, former Governor Jim Hunt laid out the first serious policy proposal of 2014. In an op-ed, he called for raising teacher salaries to the national average in five years. His plan offers an opportunity to Republicans and reveals a lot about the North Carolina...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 24, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics |
The announcement that a group of business leaders has formed an organization to promote public education is probably good news. A similar group of leaders came together under the leadership of then-Governor Jim Hunt to support early childhood education in the form of...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGOP |
When teachers across the state staged a “walk-in” to draw attention to the cuts to education, two of our state leaders had remarkably different reactions. Gov. Pat McCrory started backtracking after signing the budget that did the damage. He said teachers had...
