The follies of the A-F grading system
Lt. Gov. Dan Forest seems to want to have it both ways on the state’s stigmatizing A-F grading system for public schools. The News & Observer reported that Forest’s recent appearance before the... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Chris Fitzsimon
The bloated rhetoric about the Department of Public Instruction
Senate leaders are relying on an offensive but familiar talking point in their latest flap with the N.C. Public Instruction—which appears to be more of a publicity stunt than a serious complaint... Read More
Low income students need more support, not achievement district
The public rationale for many of the efforts to dismantle traditional public education with various privatization schemes almost always includes the claim that it is all about helping students do... Read More
Friday follies
Speaker Moore rules out teacher pay raise costing less than last year’s tax cut State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson made headlines this week by calling for a ten percent raise... Read More
McCrory makes a political decision to listen to a local government
It’s not very often that a governor issues a press release touting the benefits of a new economic development project his administration has negotiated and then two weeks later says the project is... Read More
The real test of McCrory's commitment to help the mentally ill
Governor Pat McCrory is garnering praise these days for the recommendations to improve mental health services being considered by a task force he created—and he deserves it. McCrory has spoken out... Read More
The Friday follies
The tepid Carolina Comeback behind the GOP talking points Lt. Governor Dan Forest was in Morehead City recently speaking to the Republican Party faithful and bragging about the so called Carolina... Read More
A list to counter the election year spin on education
If you want to cut through the election-year spin about what the folks currently in charge in Raleigh have done to public education in the state in the last few years, a publication released this week... Read More
Honoring Dr. King means more than words
Celebrations and ceremonies will be held across the state this weekend to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday is the official state holiday set aside to honor King’s life... Read More
The Friday Follies
Another state expands Medicaid while McCrory does nothing One of the more underreported stories of this week came from Louisiana where new Governor Jon Bel Edwards signed an executive order expanding... Read More
