What does North Carolina’s education plan mean for parents, students, and the future of local control over schools? In this discussion, Lynne Taylor, the Common Core Diva, joins The Reason We Learn to examine North Carolina’s 2025–2030 education plan and challenge the language, spending priorities, bureaucracy, and expanding role of the state embedded within education reform. Beyond North Carolina, the conversation raises a much larger question: Who should ultimately direct a child’s education—parents and local communities or government systems and policymakers? Rather than accepting promises of innovation, achievement, and becoming “number one” at face value, parents and citizens are encouraged to investigate the policies behind the terminology, follow the money, demand academic accountability, and defend parental authority over their children’s future.
We apologize in advance for the “spicy” language in this discussion 🙃 — blame it on our frustration with the endless word salad stuffed into this document. Beneath the lofty jargon, the reality is simple: big spending, more bureaucracy, and deeper state control over NC children and families.
And don’t think this is “just a North Carolina thing.” 🚨 Initiatives like this are spreading nationwide. The glossy talk of being “number one” should raise eyebrows — number one by whose standards? Do we really want schools competing in some political scoreboard game, or do we want them focused on the basics: giving every individual student a strong academic foundation?
This conversation isn’t just about NC. It’s about keeping education accountable to parents and local communities everywhere.
📄 Read the NC Strategic Plan here: North Carolina’s 2025–2030 Education Plan PDF: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/news/press-rel…
Follow Lynn on X @Commoncorediva and at her blog commoncorediva.com
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