I tried something different at Open House this year and asked parents to write their child a brief note of encouragement that I can save and give them when they’re having a hard day.
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Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost $1m in voucher funding this year.
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting taxpayer funding.
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#ncga
The teacher shortage is a myth.
What we have is a shortage of people who are willing to be overworked, underpaid and disrespected, all while doing the most important job in the world. 🍎
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North Carolina pastor who leads a private school which has received more than $3.5 million in taxpayer voucher funding says women who wear shorts invite rape because "a man's a man."
Our public tax dollars shouldn't be subsidizing violent misogynistic rhetoric.
#ncpol
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Robert Hur quit his job at the DOJ yesterday and prepped with Trump’s folks for today’s testimony. Just in case you were wondering if he was impartial as a special prosecutor…
Having been a federal prosecutor, I know you don’t disparage a witness while declining to prosecute them.
Not if you’re a professional, instead of a partisan.
And yet — that’s exactly what Robert Hur did.
He made a choice.
And it was a terrible one.
Our modern system of k-12 education is built on the premise that educators will willingly perform many hours of unpaid labor.
With much respect to my colleagues who are grading papers and planning lessons this weekend, we need to quit enabling it.
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Wow I completely missed the news that it looks like Republican frontrunner to be NC’s next governor Mark Robinson used campaign donations to pay off personal debt, among other alleged violations of campaign finance law.
#ncpol
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost a $1m in voucher funding this year
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting taxpayer funding.
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NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Acad receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
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#ncpol
#ncga
This private school in Fayetteville, NC pocketed $1,879,115 in public tax dollars this school year.
They expressly ban students who practice specific religions like Islam and Buddhism, and they also deny admissions to LGBTQ+ students whom they call "perverted."
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#ncpol
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got nearly $1m in public voucher funding this year.
This school reserves the right to expel students who listen to "inappropriate" music at home.
The public should not be funding institutions with these control issues.
#ncpol
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Or possibly they are interested in covering a story about an insurrectionist who home schools her kids, calls for execution of Democrat politicians and hates public schools trying to take over as Superintendent of all K-12 North Carolina schools.
That seems newsworthy.
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CNN fake news reporters from NYC spent 2 days watching me and my family. 3
@CNN
male reporters ambushed me last night as I walked to my car, even blocking my door!
CNN thinks they can choose who leads K-12 in NC by intimidating me and lying to you. It won't work.
#ncpol
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost a million $ in voucher funding this year.
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting taxpayer funding.
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#ncga
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got roughly $1m in voucher funding this year.
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting taxpayer funding.
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#ncpol
#ncga
This NC school got $1.3m in public voucher dollars this year and
@TriciaCotham
and the
@NCGOP
would like them to get a lot more.
They only accept Christians and refer to LGBTQ students as "deviate [sic] and perverted."
They should not get public money.
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#ncpol
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This private school in Fayetteville, NC pocketed $1,879,115 in public tax dollars this school year.
They expressly ban students who practice specific religions like Islam and Buddhism, and they also deny admissions to LGBTQ+ students whom they call "perverted."
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#ncpol
NC’s top voucher recipient last year was Grace Christian in Sanford (almost $2.5m).
Grace ’s top educational objective isn’t academic, it’s “To lead the student to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.”
They should not be receiving public funds.
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#ncga
Heads up North Carolina—we have an insurrectionist who homeschools her children and detests public schools running to lead all k-12 education as Superintendent of Public Instruction. 😳
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#ncpol
Extremist Republican candidate for NC Superintendent Michele Morrow went to Capitol on January 6 "to take back America" - Notes from the Chalkboard
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#ncpol
NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Academy receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
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#ncpol
#ncga
NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Academy receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
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#ncpol
#ncga
The teacher shortage is a myth.
What we have is a shortage of people who are willing to be overworked, underpaid and disrespected, all while doing the most important job in the world. 🍎
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Freedom Christian Academy in Fayetteville got >$1.2 million for vouchers this year.
They only take students whose parents have a "vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ" and who demonstrate "a desire to learn."
This institution shouldn't get public dollars.
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#ncga
#ncpol
Also important to know that if a child's parent objects to the beating and the student is expelled and sent back to their public school, Flaming Sword keeps the state's public voucher dollars anyway.
School vouchers are a money-making racket.
#ncpol
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Flaming Sword Christian Academy in NC receives public tax $$ via school vouchers.
The school uses corporal punishment as long as it doesn't cause "an injury requiring medical attention beyond simple first aid."
Parents who disagree will have their child expelled.
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#ncpol
NC’s top voucher recipient this year is Grace Christian in Sanford (almost $2.5m).
Grace’s top educational objective isn’t academic, it’s “To lead the student to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.”
They should not be receiving public funds.
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#ncga
This individual won the GOP primary this week to be North Carolina’s next Superintendent of K-12 schools (1.5 million students).
In 2020 she called for Bill and Melinda Gates to be killed for their work on the COVID vaccine.
This is the modern Republican Party. 😳
#ncpol
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NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Academy receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
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#ncpol
#ncga
Why is it always about money with these folks?
When NC GOP started school vouchers they claimed it was about giving options to families who are struggling.
Now they have eliminated income eligibility so we are subsidizing private school tuition for rich famiies.
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#ncpol
I would love to know what context is acceptable for you to call for Barack Obama to be executed on pay per view television.
Also, why did you deactivate the account you posted your violent🦇💩 comments on?
Is it because you know you sound totally unelectable?
#ncpol
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Grace Christian (Sanford, NC) pocketed $3,073,962 in public tax dollars for vouchers this school year.
Their primary educational objective is “To lead the student to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.”
This institution shouldn't get public money.
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#ncpol
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost a million $ in voucher funding this year.
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting taxpayer funding.
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#ncga
Northwood Temple Academy in Fayetteville got more than $1.1 million in NC taxpayer voucher funds this year.
Their school philosophy is “The Bible, therefore, will be the first and most important textbook in the NTA curriculum.”
They should not get public $
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NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Academy receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
#ncpol
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GOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden | CNN Politics
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This school got $1.3m NC taxpayer dollars this year, and
@TriciaCotham
& the
@NCGOP
would like to give them a lot more in voucher funding that our public schools desperately need.
I don’t want my tax $ going to institutions that can discriminate this way.
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#ncpol
Boos and calls of “shame” erupt at Kamala Harris event as
@thevons5
calls out Mecklenburg County Rep.
@TriciaCotham
for betraying voters and turning her back on North Carolina’s women.
#ncga
#ncpol
Also good to note the jaw-dropping hypocrisy of the GOP’s leading candidate to be North Carolina’s next governor who wants a total abortion ban with zero exceptions.
Robinson has admitted paying for an abortion for his girlfriend.
#ncpol
Caught on a hot mic this week, leading GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson said, "We’ve got [abortion] down to 12 weeks. The next goal is to get it down to 6, and then just keep moving from there."
Besides all the appalling bigotry GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has been getting national press over since the primary, remember that this gentleman didn’t pay his taxes for many years until WRAL asked him to.
Not cut out to manage North Carolina!
#ncpol
While NC Rep.
@TriciaCotham
is publicly broadcasting her concern for students with IEPs (individualized education plan), be aware that many of the private schools she wants to massively expand voucher funding for DO NOT ACCEPT STUDENTS WITH IEPs!!!
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#ncga
Challenge to myself today: In each class, identify a quiet, 'under the radar' student and let them know something that I appreciate about them. Too often I allow my attention to be dominated by the 4 kids who always have their hand in the air.
#onesmallthing
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Pat Cotham has been winning with ease since 2012. After her daughter Tricia Cotham betrayed her voters, switched parties and handed NC GOP a supermajority which they used to triple vouchers and restrict women's health care, Pat Cotham has been sent packing by Meck voters.
#ncpol
Freedom Christian in Fayetteville got >$1.2 million for vouchers this year.
They only take students whose parents have a "vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ" and who demonstrate "a desire to learn."
This institution shouldn't get public dollars.
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#ncga
#ncpol
NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Acad receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
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#ncpol
#ncga
NC’s top voucher recipient this year is Grace Christian in Sanford (almost $2.5m).
Grace’s top educational objective isn’t academic, it’s “To lead the student to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.”
They should not be receiving public funds.
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#ncga
Public schools accept all students, honor them for who they are and do our best to support their learning with the resources that we have.
Private schools that receive public voucher dollars can expel voucher students for absurd reasons and keep the state's money.
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#ncga
Watch this xenophobic video of the Republican candidate for NC superintendent freaking out after hearing people speaking languages other than English at a Raleigh Dollar Tree and ask whether she's the right person to support and honor our diverse student population…
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#ncpol
This is simple. Donald John Trump was the most effective President of my lifetime. He is a phenomenon the country and the Republican Party need. America wants him back. Not the Deep Staters, but the people.
So do I. President Trump has my COMPLETE and TOTAL ENDORSEMENT.
North Carolina has the best teachers in the country. We need to invest in our public schools so we can pay our educators like the professionals they are.
In the past year, North Carolina's state legislators flipped a Democrat, stole a supermajority which nullified our governor's veto power, then tripled funding for school vouchers.
By 2031 we'll be giving over a half billion dollars a year mostly to private schools.
#ncpol
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White folks threatening to pull their kids out of public schools if those schools don’t open their doors during a pandemic that is disproportionately impacting communities of color = weaponized white privilege.
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Thanks to Republican leaders such as
@NCHouseSpeaker
and
@SenatorBerger
, NC taxpayers fund private schools like this one which refuses admission to Jews or Muslims (and a whole lot of other people).
It's outrageous that our public dollars can fund discrimination.
#ncpol
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Freedom Christian Academy in Fayetteville, NC got >$1.2m for vouchers this year.
They only take students whose parents have a "vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ" and who demonstrate "a desire to learn."
This institution shouldn't get public $$.
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#ncga
#ncpol
It’s not a teacher shortage!
It’s a shortage of people who are unwilling to be overworked, underpaid and disrespected, all while doing the most important job in the world.
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#ncpol
Michele Morrow is the Republican running to lead all k-12 schools as North Carolina’s Superintendent of Public Instruction.
She uses the “R word” to describe students with special needs.
This is not a person who should lead any aspect of our education system.
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#ncpol
#nope
NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson omitted on his last ethics filing that his wife now sits on the boards of three charter schools.
Robinson holds a vote on the State Board of Ed which makes decisions made regarding North Carolina charter schools.
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#ncpol
I used to think people who said Republicans want to dismantle public schools were being dramatic. But here in North Carolina the policies and GOP rhetoric all point that direction.
#ncpol
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NC's Millersville Christian Academy got $863,953 in public voucher funds this year.
MCA bars admission to LGBTQ+ students, and if a student is even discovered to have an LGBTQ+ family member they'll be expelled.
Public dollars shouldn't subsidize discrimination.
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#ncpol
Fayetteville Christian School received nearly $2m in public funding this year via the Republican school voucher program.
This school specifically bans Muslims from enrolling and will expel LGBTQ+ students if discovered, calling them "deviate [sic] and perverted."
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#ncpol
Turns out North Carolina's Republican candidate for Superintendent of Schools Michele Morrow worked for a group called Liberty First Grassroots.
LFG has promoted countless super crazy conspiracy theories including one that Obama's grandfather was Adolf Hitler.
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#ncpol
Flaming Sword Christian Academy in NC receives public tax dollars via school vouchers.
The school uses corporal punishment as long as it doesn't cause "an injury requiring medical attention beyond simple first aid."
Parents who disagree will have their child expelled.
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Wesleyan Christian got nearly $1m in NC taxpayer-funded vouchers this year.
Wesleyan seeks students "reflective of the global community."
Except members of the global community who are gay. They'll be expelled.
This institution shouldn't get public $.
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#ncga
It’s ridiculous that Senator Phil Berger’s son, Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr, is hearing a case where his dad is a literal defendant and not recusing himself.
These Republicans in NC are all *kinds* of shady.
#ncpol
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Will NC Supreme Court overturn ruling that orders transfer of money to public schools? During oral arguments, an attorney for GOP lawmakers asks for reversal of Leandro ruling. But attorneys for schools ask court to stand by precedent.
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#ncga
Reminder that a homeschooling insurrectionist who despises public schools, believes Jim Carrey drinks the blood of children, thinks Bill Gates deserves execution, and believes Muslims shouldn’t be allowed to hold public office wants to lead all K-12 schools in N.C. 😳
#ncpol
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Morrow claimed her Capitol visit was nothing more than a field trip for her homeschooled children. But on video she said she was in DC "to take back America" and ensure Donald Trump got "four more years."
Now she wants to be NC's Superintendent of Schools.
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#ncpol
Hey Rep. Cotham, just in case you’ve forgotten I wanted to point out that your legacy in North Carolina politics will forever have a giant stain on it that will never, ever go away. 👋
#ncpol
You need to take the “serving Mecklenburg County” slogan off,
@triciacotham
.
We didn’t elect you to take away women’s abortion rights or send public school dollars to private schools that only take straight Christian children.
You’re only serving yourself.
#ncpol
#ncga
If Michele Morrow can’t walk into a Dollar Tree without flipping out over people speaking Spanish I’m pretty sure she’s not the person to lead k-12 education in the highly diverse state of North Carolina. 🤔
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#ncpol
Extremist GOP candidate vying to lead NC's diverse schools melts down over people speaking their native languages in public - Notes from the Chalkboard
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#ncpol
Wesleyan Christian got nearly $1m in NC vouchers this year.
Wesleyan seeks students who are "reflective of the global community in which we live."
Except members of the global community who are gay. They'll be expelled.
This school shouldn't get public $.
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#ncga
Here’s the 🦇💩 2024 Republican ticket in NC:
President Donald Trump
Governor Mark Robinson
Attorney General Dan Bishop
Superintendent Michele Morrow
These people would turn our state into a grotesque caricature like Florida.
#ncpol
Mark Robinson is not alone. Michele Morrow, the Republican candidate for State School Superintendent, is also a conspiracy theorist with a history of "deranged" posts. NC, we are better than this.
NC’s voucher system is the most unregulated and unaccountable in the country. We have no way of knowing whether this massive expenditure is improving academic outcomes for anyone. Not what we should accept from the supposed party of fiscal responsibility.
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#ncpol
The GOP legislature is planning to choke the life out of public education, and you need to know what’s happening. Watch Gov. Cooper's special address on public education.
The 'failing schools' justification for vouchers falls apart when you consider the fact that the private schools to which legislators want to divert tax $$$ have no requirement to administer the state tests that are supposed evidence of public schools failing.
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#ncpol
"Like many parents, I am fed up with the 'failing schools' narrative. We love our public schools and want honest, accurate, safe, equitable and fully funded public schools."
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost a million $ in voucher funding last year.
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting tax $$.
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#ncga
NC requires public school teachers to hold a license.
Durham, NC's Mt. Zion Christian Acad receives public $ for vouchers. They require their teachers to demonstrate their relationship w/the Holy Spirit by speaking in tongues.
A license is optional.
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#ncpol
#ncga
Along those lines, here’s the campaign manager of the Republican candidate to lead NC’s k-12 schools scheming to pay students for writing complaints about teachers.
Wonder who gets hired first at DPI as soon as Michele Morrow is sworn in as superintendent?
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#ncpol
One reason teachers are leaving is because of people like Michele Morrow and her campaign manager Sloan Rachmuth conducting harassment campaigns against them alleging all kinds of awful things calling them groomers, etc.
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#ncpol
One problem with school vouchers is that it subsidizes the discriminatory admissions practices of private schools who aren't held to the same standard as public schools.
North Raleigh Christian gets public tax $$ but specifically denies entry to special needs students.
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NC’s top voucher recipient this year is Grace Christian in Sanford (almost $2.5m).
Grace Christian’s top educational objective isn’t academic, it’s “To lead the student to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.”
They should not be receiving public funds.
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#ncga
Apart from being an insurrectionist who despises public schools, Morrow casually uses the R word to refer to students with disabilities.
This is not someone who should be in charge of k-12 education in our state.
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#ncpol
(h/t
@McAwkward
)
Homeschooling, ‘indoctrination,’ Jan. 6: A look at NC's new GOP superintendent candidate. Michele Morrow is an election denier who home-schools her children and who has accused public schools of indoctrinating students. She'll face Mo Green.
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#ncpol
Rep.
@TriciaCotham
, who said she switched to the Republican Party because Democrats were too intolerant of views of others, cancelled public comments after allowing people to sign up to speak on the bill.
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#ncpol
NC House K-12 Ed Cmte backs PCS of “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” Provisions include barring instruction on gender identity in public schools in grades K-4 & requiring parents to be notified before a student uses a different name or pronoun. Goes to Rules Cmte.
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#ncpol
#ncga
Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina says public school employees are “wicked people” and nobody should send their children to public schools.
I don’t have to tell you that 2024 is going to be a really important election.
#ncpol
Turns out Mark Robinson met with the honorary 10th Supreme Court Justice Ginni Thomas in the middle of her frenzy to overturn the 2020 election results and return Donald Trump to the presidency he lost.
#ncpol
#KidsFirst
except those with special needs, right
@TriciaCotham
?
They won't get a choice because many private schools that accept school vouchers deny them admission.
Public schools accept all children and do our best to support their learning.
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#ncpol
#ncga
Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost a million in voucher $$ this year.
Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."
They should not be getting taxpayer funding.
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#ncga
High Point Christian Academy in NC got nearly a million $ in voucher funding this year.
HPCA believes the purpose of education is "to know God," and students who "are not in harmony with the spirit of the institution" face expulsion.
They should not get public $.
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#ncga
[Trigger warning: ableist slur]
Here’s North Carolina’s Republican candidate for Superintendent of K-12 Public Instruction Michele Morrow casually dropping the R word when discussing students with intellectual disabilities.
She is not cut out to lead NC’s schools.
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#ncpol
Not the local Moms for Liberty chair trying to commiserate over conditions driving the teacher shortage. 🤦♂️
In the past couple years this group has done more than anyone to increase baseless harassment of educators. They’re a big part of the problem.
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@JustinParmenter
The shortage is undeniable but your points are part of why. I would argue the
#1
reason is the disrespect (in & out of the classroom). We were always underpaid and overworked.
There are an estimated 130,000 Muslims in North Carolina.
The Republican candidate for Superintendent of K-12 schools Michele Morrow says “Islam is evil” and Muslims should be barred from holding elected office in the United States.
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#ncpol
Freedom Christian Academy in Fayetteville got >$1.2m for vouchers this year.
They only take students whose parents have a "vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ" and who demonstrate "a desire to learn."
This institution shouldn't get public dollars.
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#ncga
#ncpol
Speaking of special interests, here’s the admissions policies of one of the schools you all want to give millions in public funds to. Giving tax dollars to schools that kick kids out for being gay or practicing the “wrong” religion is morally reprehensible.
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#ncpol
#ncga
Opportunity Scholarships have opened doors for thousands of children in NC to receive a high quality education. Families deserve to have more freedom, not more fearmongering and special interest-driven mandates from liberal politicians.
#ncpol
I asked
@FredClarkson
, a research analyst who has studied the confluence of politics and religion for more than three decades, why North Carolina taxpayers should object to funding private schools that teach the Seven Mountains Mandate. 😳
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#ncpol
Any school district that is giving a parent survey to determine mask policy for the upcoming school year is totally abdicating their responsibility for the health and safety of students and staff. This is not a “Let’s see what people think” moment.
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#ncpol
NC’s top voucher recipient last yr was Grace Christian in Sanford (almost $2.5m).
Grace Christian’s top educational objective isn’t academic, it’s “To lead the student to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.”
They should not be receiving public funds.
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If Hunter Biden wasn't a crackhead, the Biden Family probably would have gotten away with their web of family corruption.
Fortunately for America & justice, Hunter is sloppy, & We The People now know what Joe, Jim, Hunter, & the entire Biden Family were up to.
Thanks, Hunter!
According to
@tdh_in_nc
, the married state employee
@NCHouseSpeaker
Tim Moore has admitted to having an intimate relationship with over the last few years saw her state salary jump from $73K to $122K over roughly the same time period.
#ncga
#ncpol
‘You can’t underfund and starve a system and then say it doesn’t work’ — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) called out those who seek to defund public education in favor of private and charter schools
Breaking:
A former Apex Town Council member is suing the North Carolina House Speaker for alienation of affection - claiming Tim Moore had an affair with his wife that resulted in the “destruction” of their marriage.
Read the lawsuit in our story.
#ncpol
Public education in NC has been struggling for years, and our struggles have been greatly escalated by 10+ years of Republican privatization policy aimed at dismantling our schools.
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