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Justin Parmenter Profile picture
Justin Parmenter
@JustinParmenter
RPCV, public school teacher & advocate
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Apr 20 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Tim your statement on who @TriciaCotham is and her education qualifications needed some edits--hope you don't mind! 🧵 #nced #ncpol
Image Tricia Cotham is a former teacher and assistant principal from Mecklenburg County whose service in education was commendable but expired many years ago along with her license and her concern for public schools. Image
Nov 29, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
With North Carolina's recent massive expansion of school vouchers and ditching the income eligibility requirement so we're now subsidizing wealthy families' private school tuition it's time to review the school privatizer playbook. #ncga #ncga #nced 🧵 1. Republicans take over control of state legislature. Draw maps that ensure nobody can vote you out regardless of how terrible your leadership is. Take over Supreme Court so maps can’t be challenged.
Jun 12, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
The racist history of school vouchers, a brief thread:

#nced #ncpol #ncga Image The roots of school vouchers in our country can be traced back to the wake of Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court court case in which justices ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Constitution. history.com/topics/black-h…
Jun 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
“No one believes” is a very Trumpian take which is completely unsurprising considering Bishop’s primary allegiance is to Donald Trump rather than to his constituents.

I’d contend lots of people view a bathroom full of nuclear secrets as a “bona fide security concern.” #ncpol Image I’d contend that plenty of people believe Trump waving confidential plans to attack Iran in front of his fans and saying, “…it is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this” is a bona fide security concern.
May 21, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
With massive voucher expansion on the way, it’s time to review the North Carolina school privatizer playbook!!

#ncga #ncga #nced  🧵 1. Republicans take over control of state legislature.  Draw maps that ensure nobody can vote you out regardless of how terrible your leadership is.  Take over Supreme Court so maps can’t be challenged.
Apr 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Good time to re-share my favorite submissions to Lt. Governor @markrobinsonNC’s leftist teacher indoctrination complaint portal:

notesfromthechalkboard.com/2021/07/03/man… #nced #ncpol My daughter is a freshman and in her class last week she was told by her History teacher that she had to use Times New Roman font in her essay.  We are offended because the Romans killed Jesus!  I can't believe her school hates the lord!! Image
Mar 2, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Tomorrow the NC State Board of Education will vote on the attached request to the General Assembly to authorize and fund a merit pay and revised teacher licensure pilot program.

#nced #ncga #ncpol #PathwaysToExodus The program would be implemented in “public-school districts of varying size and geographic diversity” in school year 2024-25 following a year of planning in 23-24.
Jan 30, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Important update on the February 15 @BelkFoundation merit pay for @CharMeckSchools panel discussion:

#nced #ncpol #PathwaysToExodus Recently it came to my attention that the Belk Foundation planned to host a panel discussion on the Pathways to Excellence merit pay proposal at UNCC next month starring State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, State Board of Education Chair Eric Davis and others.
Jan 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Never forget that state superintendent @CTruittNCDPI schemed with #PEPSC Chair Patrick Miller and @edstateboard_nc member Jill Camnitz to prevent @EducationNC from collecting teacher feedback on the merit pay proposal because she wouldn’t have control of the responses. #nced ImageImage At the same meeting, Truitt’s Chief of Staff Shelby Armentrout said “If teachers come out against it then it’ll be dead on arrival.”

Don’t ever doubt the power of your educator voice. 🗣️🍎 #nced #ncpol

notesfromthechalkboard.com/2022/07/05/ncd…
Dec 10, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
teaching ≠ incarceration

At this week's #PEPSC Commission meeting, a member of the group tasked with moving NC to a merit pay system of licensing and compensating teachers referred to the career of the traditional classroom teacher as "incarceration."

#nced #ncpol With all due respect to Dr. Sam Houston (CEO of The North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center) and his distinguished education resume, he hasn't worked as a classroom teacher in 40+ years and it shows.
Nov 30, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
With all due respect to Eckel and Vaughan's marketing advice here, lowering the bar so that anyone who can pass some online quizzes can become a teacher is not a "student first model"--it's a recipe for disaster. #nced #ncpol Research is clear that the most important driver of student learning is having an excellent teachers.
Nov 30, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Today the NC State Board of Education will hear a recommendation from the #PEPSC Commission to approve a broad framework which would pave the way for switching all North Carolina teachers from an experience-based pay scale to merit pay. #nced #ncpol

simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/Vi… This highly experimental move would make NC the first state in the country to stop compensating teachers based on their commitment to a career in the classroom and instead determine their pay through standardized test scores, evaluations, surveys, and "to be determined"
Nov 10, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Update on merit pay for North Carolina teachers:

Today the PEPSC Commission met and, by a vote of 9-7, approved a "Blueprint for Action" which is the first step toward moving all North Carolina teachers from an experience-based pay scale to merit pay. #nced #ncpol You can see the vote breakdown below.
Oct 22, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
In about 3 weeks the PEPSC Commission is expected to vote on the NC Pathways to Excellence merit pay scheme. If they approve the proposal it will then go to the State Board of Education for consideration.
#nced #ncpol #ncga There is broad consensus among educators that this plan is a terrible idea.

Not only has educator feedback been ignored, but our state superintendent @CTruittNCDPI has taken steps to prevent independent feedback collection in an effort to control messaging.
Oct 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Some important points to consider:

On what planet is "other tools not yet developed" an acceptable proposal for how we will measure teacher effectiveness? This cake isn't even half baked and we want the State Board of Education to approve it? #nced #ncpol The whole viability of this scheme rests on whether or not it fairly and accurately measures teacher effectiveness. If Tomberlin and DPI can't figure that out now they don't deserve a blank check.
Oct 5, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Here’s your regular reminder that the NC Pathways to Excellence merit pay proposal which is currently making its way toward the State Board of Education was crafted in secret Human Capital Roundtable meetings which likely violated state law. #nced #PEPSC #ncpol At issue is whether the Human Capital Roundtable, which was made up of state employees and appointed officials and conducted business on drafting what it hopes will become state law during the work day, meets the statutory definition of a public body.
Aug 26, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Today’s merit pay public records release shows the Southern Regional Education Board’s Project Manager scheming with SREB’s president and Eckel and Vaughan’s founder about how to best prevent the press from attending the NC Human Capital Roundtable’s meetings. #nced #ncpol The Human Capital Roundtable (HCR) drafted the unpopular Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal, holding regular meetings from December 2018 through summer 2022 which were never announced to the public despite state open meetings law.
Aug 25, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Today would be a great day for @SREBeducation to stop withholding the Human Capital Roundtable’s records from the North Carolina public.

We deserve transparency in official policy processes, and @DrSPruitt and his team are preventing it.
#nced #ncpol #ncga Under SREB’s facilitation, the Human Capital Roundtable co-opted PEPSC’s legislative mandate and drafted the Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan they hope will become policy if approved by state legislators including those tagged above who serve on SREB’s legislative council.
Aug 16, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Today's merit pay public records release is about the cozy relationship between @SASsoftware and @BESTNCorg, two driving forces behind the Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal.

#nced #ncpol #pepsc #ExperienceMatters4NC SAS Software was founded by NC's richest individual James Goodnight. He continues to serve as its CEO and his wife Ann Goodnight is the company's Director of Community Relations.
Aug 8, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Today's merit pay public records release is a March 2022 email from marketing firm Eckel and Vaughan advising DPI, PEPSC, and the Human Capital Roundtable on how to spin the controversial Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan. #nced #ncpol #ExperienceMatters4NC At last Thursday's State Board of Education meeting, State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and State Board Chair Eric Davis delivered scripted remarks about Pathways to Excellence.
Aug 6, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Our principals have done heroic work leading our schools, especially over the last 2-3 gruelling pandemic years. Now thanks to the North Carolina General Assembly they could see salary reductions of nearly $20,000. #ncga #nced #ncpol If that happens, it would have massive repercussions for staffing in our public schools. Strong leadership is key in retaining teachers. If principals begin to leave (and who wouldn't look for alternatives to a $20k pay cut?) then teachers will leave. And they already are.