Terry Stoops

The Bladen County Board of Education hired assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction Dr. Jason Atkinson to be the district’s next superintendent.  The board failed to conduct a superintendent search and hired Atkinson at their meeting on Monday. State statute says that “each local board of education has the sole…

Latest rumors regarding the vote to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 37: In-Person Learning Choice for Families:…

Earlier today, I posted some highlights of teacher responses to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s CPAC speech.  This latest comment may be the most objectionable one yet: There’s a unique type of damage perpetrated by Black people and others of color who spew this garbage. The only “damage” is…

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson took the stage at CPAC to introduce Congressman Madison Cawthorn.  Robinson used it as an opportunity to talk about the importance of citizen involvement in public education. Well, it didn’t take long for perpetually angry public school teachers to weigh in.  Here are a…

The photo is from The Wenatchee World in Washington. It creeps me out.

Chalkbeat has the story, The Biden administration said Monday that states must administer federally required standardized tests this year, but schools won’t be held accountable for the results — and states could give shorter, remote, or delayed versions of the exams. The decision means that schools…

WNCN reports, Teachers working in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools warn a new grading policy will harm high school students despite district leaders saying it will help them. As part of the new policy, three high school teachers tell WCNC Charlotte they can no longer give a student any grade below a…

The annual spring conference of the Student North Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) will feature a session on teaching social justice, presumably because colleges and universities aren’t doing enough to transform teachers into social justice warriors.