type of organization that facilitates parental participation in schools
The unfortunate decline of PTA in our schools appears to have coincided with the organization’s hard left turn. In fact, the NC PTA legislative agenda is indistinguishable from the priorities…
As Carolina Journal reported last week, the N.C. State Board of Education has delayed approval of two charter school applicants, North Raleigh Charter Academy and Wake Preparatory Academy, because of…
Last week, Carolina Journal’s Lindsay Marchello published a story on a dozen recent charter school applications. According to Marchello, 12 charter schools applied for approval to open in 2020; however,…
Is this what the PTA has become? God forbid that PTA leaders would invite the elected leader of North Carolina public schools. From N.C. Teachers United:
PTA organizations have been involved in advocacy for years, but recently they have taken a hard left turn, opposing charter schools and supporting teacher walkouts. …
In 2011, Thom Tillis, Phil Berger, and the Republican leadership in the N.C. General Assembly removed the 100-school school cap included in the 1996 law that authorized the creation of…
It’s rare for a school Parent-Teacher Association to get involved in politics. That’s why Terry Stoops paid attention when a Wake County PTA entered the political debate over N.C. elementary…
Linsday Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on a Raleigh school PTA’s controversial decision to urge parents to lobby the General Assembly to change its class-size mandate. John Hood’s Daily…
Organize 2020 is the “social justice caucus” of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE), the state’s National Education Association affiliate. Last year, 14 members of Organize 2020 were arrested…
Over at sister blog The Locker Room, JLF’s Terry Stoops has posted the Facebook message/event supported by the Holly Springs Elementary School PTA — a group that has clearly chosen…
Me too. These days, the PTA is little more than a booster club for public school advocacy organizations, unions, and liberal politicians. I found the following on the Organize 2020…
Last month, a coalition of seven organizations presented a four-part teacher pay plan to the North Carolina General Assembly’s Educator Effectiveness and Compensation Task Force. Backers of the plan included…