Tag: education

A new player in public education?

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The NC Association of Educators has had a stranglehold on public education for decades. They’ve pushed far-left issues inside and outside the classroom. Now comes our new

Playing TOO Nice at NC DPI?

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The state teacher union and the edu-crats have had their talons sunk into North Carolina’s public schools for so long. Republican superintendent Mark Johnson (2016-2020) made some effort to

Don’t you just hate it when those annoying taxpayers get in the way?

Posted on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Your county board of education usually draws the least amount of scrutiny from the drive-by media. Therefore, they have the greatest opportunity to delve into the greatest amount of

Oh, look. A contract extension.

Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I was examining the agenda for Monday night’s Moore County Board of Education meeting (3PM work session, 5pm closed session, 6 PM open session) when I came across something

Public Schools eat up HALF of the county budget. (And they’re demanding MORE.)

Posted on July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s like a broken record. Every year, Moore county public school officials and their puppets on the school board go to the media , and before the county board

DOES new Aberdeen school FAIL to follow state and federal environmental guidelines?

Posted on June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Chris Fitzsimon and Rob Schofield (aka “Sesame Street’s Bert & Ernie”) have unleashed their PolicyWatch hounds on Moore County Public Schools for their decisions regarding Moore County’s new Aberdeen

They’re broke, and they aren’t cutting a dime’s worth of spending.

Posted on May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s YOUR Robeson County school board: Before hearing the first of 30 appeals from employees whose contracts were slated to be terminated, the Board of Education of the

#ncpol: Drive-by media dumbness.

Posted on May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I know they’re all bleeding money and having to cut staff. But sometimes — sometimes — you deserve better than what they’re doling out. Our local paper

Fight The Power! (Just, um, make sure you have a hall pass.)

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The plight of public school teachers has had a lot of sympathy across the political spectrum. Unfortunately, radical leftists have grabbed the steering wheel and are on the verge

#ncga: House bill seeks in-state tuition for illegal aliens

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Check out HB 319 filed on Thursday. Sure, its sponsors are a bunch of Democrats. Sure, it’s filed in a Republican-controlled chamber. But with a smaller majority, and a