As the school buses get rolling across North Carolina, one elected official from Asheville is calling for teachers to strike if state lawmakers don't use a budget surplus to increase teacher pay.
Buncombe County Commissioner Amanda Edwards wrote on Facebook: "The time is right for a statewide teacher strike." She predicted that K-12 employers would not be able to fire striking teachers because of the shortage of educators. When questioned by a reporter, she said she was merely encouraging a "walk out."
A local representative for the NC Association of Educators union noted that it's a misdemeanor for teachers to go out on strike.
Meanwhile, progressive educators are (slowly) rediscovering that phonics works as the best way to teach kids how to read, after years of pursuing a "whole language" approach developed by a so-called literacy expert. Unfortunately, the damage done to a generation of kids won't be easily overcome.
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