The Most Backward Legislature in America | Education Week | :: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it

by John Wilson

Summary by Carnegie Perspectives

 

"John Wilson blogs for Education Week: Once known for having the most innovative and progressive public school system in America, North Carolina is now a trajectory of backwardness. This legislature has put North Carolina in a race to the bottom on per pupil expenditures. This legislature chose to cut education by a half a billion dollars--even though the state had more resources available than in previous years. North Carolina will lose over 5,000 teachers, counselors, and school psychologists. A reading program that provided teaching assistants for K-3 classrooms was decimated by the elimination of almost 4,000 positions. Cuts to textbooks and instructional supplies exceeded $120 million. This is backward."