Per Carolina Journal: The auditor’s office stated that in this period, the district delayed recording millions in costs and failed to follow basic financial oversight practices… On Sept. 20, 2024, the district’s finance office transferred $16.99 million from the Non-Instructional Support Program to the Restart Schools Program. At the time, […]
Category: Public Education
NC “Education Lottery” Giving Less To Public Schools
An interesting report at WRAL suggests that the proportion of revenues from the NC Education Lottery directed to public schools is at an all-time low. It has declined to only 16%. When the lottery started years ago, there was a constant refrain that other states had a lottery, and our […]
Raleigh Republicans Require Chapel Hill School Board To Report Monthly
Readers likely recall the fact that the school board in Chapel Hill had been making sexually explicit materials available to children; and that NC House Republicans recently excoriated its chairman in a legislative hearing. Now, WRAL is reporting that the Raleigh Republicans are requiring the school board to report monthly […]
Chapel Hill School Board Chairman/ Cultural Marxist Claims To Have Eaten Crow
Readers might recall a school board chairman from Chapel Hill who had openly defied a new law passed by the Raleigh Republicans. That law forbids public schools from promoting changes in gender identity; and also grant parents certain rights. That school board chairman– George Griffin– was called in to a […]
208 In Guilford County Schools System Make In Excess of $100,000
The Triad Business Journal has the story. 33 employees earn more than $150,000. It seems public education creates career opportunities for the upwardly mobile. And they get all those government benefits and loads of paid time off. What a racket!
Why Are Educators Among The Most Vile On The Left?
We have seen numerous reports about how large numbers have advocated violence and/or celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death: "We often find the most radical and savage elements in the education system. They have sent them on purpose into these institutions to perpetuate themselves." – @SteveDeaceShow pic.twitter.com/wrFblOgMGe — TheBlaze (@theblaze) October 23, […]
Triad Educators Discuss Impacts of Covid Response
The Triad Business Journal has an article about a panel discussion on education. Several individuals involved in various aspects of education in the Triad were quoted. The discussion regarded how the Covid response affected young people in the schools. What were their observations? Gee, you think? I wonder where these […]
The Forsyth County Student Agitators
The local news has been abuzz regarding the student demonstrations against budget cuts and terminations within the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools system. I remember when I was a high school student in the New York City school system back during the 1970’s, the city faced a budget crisis because of […]
Gross Mismanagement At Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools
When the state auditor’s report became public yesterday, it was reported prominently in the regional TV media. Fox 8 has a good summary. It is quite clear that the school system in Forsyth County has been badly mismanaged. There are two possibilities to explain this mismanagement. The first is that […]
Significant Drop In Percentage Attending Traditional Public Schools in North Carolina
A recent article demonstrates that the percentage of students attending traditional public schools in North Carolina dropped from 86.5% in 2010 to 74.9% in 2025. That is a drop of nearly 12 percent over 15 years. (HT: JH) We had discussed this recently in the context of all the bond […]