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Americans who would give US Public Schools an A or B grade? 17% Americans who would give US Public Schools an A or B grade? Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup

American parents who give their child’s school an A or B grade? 77% American parents who give their child’s school an A or B grade? Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup

5th Most educated nation in the world with 42% of Americans earning a college degree. Christian Science Monitor

Best colleges in the world are American. 19 of 25 Best colleges in the world are American. Times Higher Education

12,581,274,228$ 1,459,852 children 2,592 schools DPI 2016

$4,853,886 Average per school.

Defend your profession for the good of our children and our nation. BE FEARLESS Defend your profession for the good of our children and our nation.

Rank of North Carolina in States for Teachers. Wallethub.com 2016

Percentage of schools rated F that were high poverty schools. 100% Percentage of schools rated F that were high poverty schools. Public Schools First NC

“ Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. John Adams 1776

“ The object [of my education bill was] to bring into action that mass of talents which lies buried in poverty in every country for want of the means of development, and thus give activity to a mass of mind which in proportion to our population shall be the double or treble of what it is in most countries. Thomas Jefferson 1817

Change done to me is... Talk about visual noise. Compare Yahoo and Google. Then compare the cluttered room and the cleaner room.

Change done by me is... Talk about visual noise. Compare Yahoo and Google. Then compare the cluttered room and the cleaner room.

Phase 1 Phase 4 Phase 2 Phase 3 CHANGE DONE TO ME DENIAL Commitment RESISTANCE EXPLORATION

Phase 1 Phase 4 Phase 2 Phase 3 CHANGE DONE BY ME CERTAINTY CONFIDENCE DOUBT HOPE

Be good for children. Be good to children. and Be good at what you do.

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