Outstanding NC teacher leaves; implications for NV

First posted on FB 5/28/14:

Outstanding teacher reluctantly leaving North Carolina | NC Policy Watch ncpolicywatch.com From the mid1990s to mid2000s Nevadans watched yet another boom/bust as hundreds of thousands flocked to the Silver State for construction and real estate flipping projects. They put a heavy burden on social services and schools but we were in a happy hiring phase as business built up to support the housing bubble. Then 2008 came, the real estate bubble popped, and many of the carpetbaggers left mini ghost town neighborhoods behind them. Unfortunately they also left behind too many dumb clucks who still think we can fix the budget deficit with belt tightening. There is no fat left in the college system; I suspect there is little left in K-12. Over the last 5 years we have suffered a serious brain drain as many talented young people left our state for more stable economies. I read this NC article thinking about NV. Unless the progressives and moderates wake up and stand up to selfish and greedy members of the right, Nevada will be in the same place as North Carolina. Look at the data, Nevada still drags at the bottom in school funding and graduation rates. We need to stand for education in NC and NV and everywhere else in America. Enough of dumbing down our society. Incidentally maybe PLAN needs to build a "soapbox" like this one in NC: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2013/11/14/outstanding-teacher-reluctantly-leaving-north-carolina/