Terry Stoops

No child should be compelled to remain in this unsafe environment. Scene from inside New Hanover HS (Wilmington NC) this morning. School is on lockdown as gunshots are heard towards end of clip. No further details at this time. @WWAY @FoxNews @nsjnews…

From the Guardian: “Eco-friendly” LED streetlights produce even worse light pollution for insects than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a study has found. The abundance of moth caterpillars in hedgerows by rural roads in England was 52% lower under LED lights…

Background Republicans lost their veto-proof majorities in the General Assembly in 2018. As a result, a gubernatorial veto had consequences. The Cooper administration sought to leverage its newfound power to try to strongarm Republicans into expanding Medicaid and raising public school employee pay significantly. In 2019, Gov. Cooper proposed a…

On Sunday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators (CMAE) held a press conference to urge lawmakers to address the teacher shortage by raising salaries. The problem is that there is no evidence of a teacher shortage. Vacancy rates are usually published in the State of the Teaching Profession report in…

Gross.

The North Carolina Teachers United Facebook page has nothing to do with teacher solidarity. It has everything to do with attacking public school teachers who reject teacher union talking points.  At least a few educators recognize this and responded. The latest example is below. The person who posted this…

Last week, I pointed out that the ABC 11 article “The bottom line is the kids will suffer:’ NC school districts struggle with job vacancies” failed to substantiate the claim that districts are struggling with job vacancies.  Durham was the only district that reported an increase in vacancies…

Jonathan Butcher, the Will Skillman Fellow in Education at The Heritage Foundation, authored a new report about North Carolina’s education savings account (ESA) program for special needs children. In “A Culture of Personalized Learning North Carolina’s Personal Education Savings Accounts,” Butcher finds that two-thirds of North Carolina families are…