I am happy that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and the Legislative Black Caucus Foundation encourage folks to support HBCUs in North Carolina. Our state has some of the best historically Black colleges and universities in the nation. They are the ideal choice for many students of…
That phone number is for the Licensure office at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). State education officials have tried to improve the performance of that office for many years. Catherine Truitt is no exception.
CBS 17 has the details: A report from the North Carolina State Auditor says a former Nash County Schools superintendent spent more than $45,000 on purchases that were not for school. The report says Superintendent Shelton Jefferies violated his contract and several policies before resigning in August 2019. Jefferies improperly used his…
Some North Carolina educators had strong reactions to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s views on reparations. Honestly, I am not sure why someone posted the video on the North Carolina Teachers United Facebook page, but NCTU page administrators appear comfortable with allowing folks to hurl insults at our lieutenant governor…
After I exposed some troubling issues with the proposed social studies glossary developed by N.C. Department of Public Instruction curriculum staff, the State Board of Education (SBE) delayed their vote on the glossary and asked curriculum staff to go back to the drawing board. On June 17, the…
Many thanks to Superintendent Catherine Truitt’s staff for “making it a priority to go through the backlog of public records requests” from Mark Johnson’s tenure as superintendent of public instruction. I believe Graham Wilson was Johnson’s communications director when I email this request in 2019. …
