Edward, a 7-year-old member of the Lumbee Tribe, and Logan, a 6-year-old member of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina, are being told to cut their hair by their school.
An outside far-right group, Pender County Concerned Citizens, asked for 40 books to be removed from Pender County schools. In the last week alone, seven books were pulled from four schools in the county.
The legislation, ironically titled the “Equality in Education” bill, would censor how NC educators teach their students about 13 specific concepts and would silence Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ voices and stories.
Following the success of the pandemic-era federal policy that expanded free school meals, state Democrats introduced bills in the House and Senate that would have established permanent universal free school meals.
The school board rejected Guilford County Schools teacher Michael Logan four different times, citing concerns about racial prejudice…so Republicans created a law forcing the board to seat him.
House Bill 187 seeks to censor educators from teaching about experiences and stories told across history, particularly from Black, Brown and LGBTQ+ voices.
During his State of the State address, Gov. Cooper touted North Carolina’s booming economy, clean energy efforts and the recent progress made toward Medicaid expansion, which has since been passed.
Teachers in North Carolina continue to be some of the worst-compensated in the country and Gov. Roy Cooper is trying to fix that by calling for double-digit raises for teachers.
In November, the then-Democratic-controlled Supreme Court had voted 4-3 to increase funding in adherence to the Leandro plan.
Three bills, announced at a press conference earlier this month, would address childcare gaps by allocating funds for subsidies and grants for childcare centers.