Kim Mackey

Kim Mackey

Contributor, Cardinal & Pine

is a social studies teacher in Wake County. She advocates for public education on many fronts, including on her blog educatedpolicy.com.

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Commentary House Speaker Tim Moore, left, and Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger in 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Commentary Keep the $325, NC General Assembly. Spend It on Safe Classrooms.

With NC schools lacking infrastructure for a safe reopen during coronavirus, a teacher says lawmakers’ $325 payout to parents is misguided.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey October 20, 2020 4:19 pm EDT
Commentary Protesters gather near the Legislative Building to protest Gov. Roy Cooper's coronavirus safety measures. A NC educator says schools should resist pressure from some right-leaning protesters and politicians to return to classrooms before it's safe. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Commentary Why NC Schools, Facing Another Round of Coronavirus, Shouldn’t Cave to Peer Pressure to Reopen

With coronavirus rising again, a NC teacher on why schools should resist pressure to return to a classroom before it’s safe.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey October 14, 2020 2:19 pm EDT
Commentary A NC social studies teacher says the efforts by Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and President Trump to rewrite history curriculum are misguided. (AP File Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
Commentary This NC Social Studies Teacher Says Trump, GOP Are Warping History Curriculum

Inside the efforts by President Trump and GOP allies like Dan Forest to dismantle and warp the history we teach in NC schools.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey October 9, 2020 12:55 pm EDT
Education Photo illustration by Amy Mitchell/Getty Images.
Education NC Teacher: It’s Way Too Soon for NC to Be Declaring ‘Mission Accomplished’

Schools around North Carolina are opening up for elementary school students even as the state draws attention for being in the COVID-19 “red zone."

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey October 2, 2020 2:34 pm EDT
Commentary A protester demonstrating against social distancing measures in Raleigh in May. (Image via Shutterstock)
Commentary ‘Join or Die’: What History Can Teach Us About Beating Coronavirus

Americans have united before during a war effort. A NC history teacher asks: Why can’t we do that during the coronavirus pandemic?

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey September 23, 2020 11:19 am EDT

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Elections Kamala Harris in NC: This Election Is About Health Care and Women’s Rights
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a forklift operator loads absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections as preparations for the upcoming election are ongoing in Raleigh, N.C. Weeks from the election, three of North Carolina’s most populous counties are often taking two weeks or more to send absentee ballots out to voters who request them. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Elections In a Pandemic Election, What You Should and Shouldn’t Expect on Election Day in NC
FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a worker prepares tabulators for the upcoming election at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C. Early in-person voting starts Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in all 100 counties in North Carolina, where the historically popular form of casting ballots has been upstaged this fall by people voting by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, file) Elections Early Voting is Underway in North Carolina. Here’s Everything You Need to Know.
In this May 2018, file photo, from left, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and House Speaker Tim Moore pause prior to a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. The legislature and Cooper have been bitterly at odds over Medicaid expansion, although this year's election has the potential to break the logjam. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Healthcare Cardinal Issues: Medicaid Expansion in Four Pivotal NC Races
Commentary UNC-Chapel Hill football player Tomari Fox (56) and his teammates celebrate their victory over Syracuse on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Chapel Hill, N.C.(Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, Pool)
Commentary ‘What It Was, Was Football’: Here is What Football and Coronavirus Have In Common

For the gridiron fans, a NC teacher explains why, amid the coronavirus, game-planning for schools and football aren't so far removed.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey September 16, 2020 10:50 am EDT
Commentary In 1969, famed children's television personality Fred Rogers, better known as "Mister Rogers," passionately defended funding for children's educational programming before a US Senate subcommittee. (Image via screenshot)
Commentary Why Mister Rogers’ 1969 Plea for Children’s Programming Matters to NC’s Underfunded Schools Today

The beloved television personality understood the role of funding a strong public education system. Why don’t NC lawmakers?

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey September 9, 2020 3:23 pm EDT