☀️ In Today’s Edition
1. From the School House to the State House
2. A Parent Concern
3. What We’re Reading
4. Our Recent Stories
Patricia Saylor made her pitch in a Facebook group for North Carolina public school teachers, where they usually swap notes about curriculum, compensation, and working conditions.
“Let’s run for office,” she wrote in mid-July.
Saylor, retired from a career in Durham and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools, envisioned organizing beloved public school teachers to primary incumbent Republican lawmakers in next year’s state legislative elections. As Carli Brosseau reports, she’s already lined up 14 candidates.
Reading, Writing, and Political Arithmetic
Fed up with low pay and a perceived lack of respect, educators have started organizing to increase their representation in the General Assembly. They’re starting with primary challenges against Republican incumbents.
“It’s the strategy of playing the ball where it lies and going where the conversations are happening,” said Saylor.
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A Parent Concern
Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended Wake County public schools for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal.
Under federal law, public schools must provide children with disabilities the same opportunity to learn as other kids. The twins’ mother, Emma Miller, is one of thousands parents who have elevated complaints about discrimination to the Education Department. As KFF Health News reports, those complaints are in limbo as the Trump administration dismantles the federal agency.
Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office
The Education Department’s civil rights office intervenes when students face discrimination. Parents fear gutting the federal agency will leave them with nowhere to turn.
What We’re Reading
He Just Keeps Ticking: The New York Times visits the Spruce Pine shop where Luther Stroup, a third-generation artisan, has produced nearly 2,000 grandfather clocks.
Bloom or Bust: FEMA has allocated $2.5 million to replace Lake Lure’s famed Flowering Bridge, which was destroyed in Hurricane Helene, per WLOS.
A Life Remembered: The killing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail has made national headlines. But on a quiet afternoon in a small funeral home, her friends and family remembered the life of the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee. The Charlotte Ledger has the story.
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Our Recent Stories
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The research would have provided data on the burgeoning industry’s impact on predominantly Black, Indigenous, and Latino North Carolinians.
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From ‘Superstar’ Cop to Drug Kingpin
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