Our obligation to protect students expands as we look to another school year during a pandemic. Lawmakers must elevate their commitment to children and properly fund their pedestal - schools. In 2015, the NC General Assembly passed a law to protect monuments created by those who think my black students and their ancestors don’t deserve... Continue Reading →
Laughing in our faces
My commentary on Cardinal & Pine https://cardinalpine.com/story/nc-teacher-lawmakers-are-laughing-in-our-faces-with-latest-pay-raise-bill/
Duty vs Responsibility
Original commentary published in Cardinal & Pine: "I'm a teacher. We are in no way prepared to open NC schools in August"
NC’s latest shell game: paying for your “raise” with money from your health plan
Do you remember when NC Treasurer Folwell launched his Clear Pricing Project last summer on the premise that North Carolina's State Health Plan has $34.4 billion in unfunded liabilities? Where is he now to express concern over these unfunded liabilities when section 8 of SB 818 cuts funding to the State Health Plan to pay... Continue Reading →
School budgets were shortchanged by the NCGA long before coronavirus
My original commentary published by Cardinal & Pine can be found here: https://cardinalpine.com/story/from-a-teacher-dont-let-lawmakers-fool-you-the-school-budget-shortfall-has-nothing-to-do-with-coronavirus/
Guinea pigs should be class pets, not classrooms
Thank you Cardinal & Pine for amplifying this message My original commentary at Cardinal & Pine can be found here: https://cardinalpine.com/story/im-a-teacher-heres-what-i-expect-a-pandemic-era-classroom-to-look-like/
