Turns out all you have to do to get blocked by MAGA Republican for North Carolina Lt. Gov Hal Weatherman is tweet a picture of his 1988 article from the Wake Forest University student newspaper where he used the N word.

Your loss, Hal! #ncpol

https://twitter.com/JustinParmenter/status/1813911417231196489

Here's another 1988 gem from Hal's Wake Forest writing days.

In this one, Weatherman mocks @WakeForest's rape prevention program, saying "girls can be teases and guys have active hormones."

Is this the kind of person we want presiding over the Senate? #nope #ncpol

NC’s statewide races are incredibly important this November 🧵

We have a homeschooling mom who has never held a job in education & who called for Obama to be executed on live pay per view television as the Republican candidate to be superintendent of k-12 schools.😳 #nced #ncpol Her opponent is @MoGreenforNC, experienced leader (superintendent of @GCSchools) who is passionate about public education. You can learn more about his campaign here: mogreenfornc.com

Hey North Carolina, you think a stolen state legislative supermajority is bad enough, look at the absolute MAGA rogue's gallery waiting to turn us into the next Florida in November if we don't get off the couch and win some races:

#ncpol #nced #ncga Top of the ticket: Donald Trump, a 34x convicted felon found liable for sexual abuse and defamation with more than half a billion financial fraud judgement hanging over his head. NC could be crucial to his reelection.

Still can’t wrap my head around the fact that a homeschooling mom who has never held a job in a real educational setting and who called for Obama to be executed on live pay per view television is the Republican candidate to be NC’s superintendent of k-12 schools. 😳 #nced #ncpol Some more gems for anyone just getting acquainted with this nutcase. As a veteran teacher the prospect of Michele Morrow leading our whole k-12 system is terrifying.

https://x.com/justinparmenter/status/1799403439455441136?s=46&t=yvB116roTuStBr36O2uZ0w

Morrow playing all the old school Moms for Liberty hits. #nced #ncpol

https://twitter.com/justinparmenter/status/1797246097179529611

This is a very neutral candidate profile, but what strikes me besides the generic M4L talking points are how little actual understanding of schools Morrow seems to have. Not surprising considering she’s a homeschool parent with no children attending said schools.

Tim your statement on who @TriciaCotham is and her education qualifications needed some edits--hope you don't mind! 🧵 #nced #ncpol

https://twitter.com/NCHouseSpeaker/status/1781402067518607615

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.

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.

The racist history of school vouchers, a brief thread:

#nced #ncpol #ncga 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…

“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

https://twitter.com/repdanbishop/status/1667153986019811330

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.

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.

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

https://twitter.com/markrobinsonnc/status/1651354824661663745

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!!

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.

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.

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 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…

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.

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

https://twitter.com/nckhui/status/1598062222424838146

Research is clear that the most important driver of student learning is having an excellent teachers.

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"

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.

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.

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

https://twitter.com/EducationNC/status/1578092223400402946

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.

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.