susanbook, Author at Cardinal & Pine

Susan Book

Guest Contributor, Cardinal & Pine

is a parent of a child on the Autism Spectrum and public school advocate. She co-led Save Our Schools NC and is a proud member of the Communities for the Education to Teach Every Child.

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It's been a long decade for public education in North Carolina. (Image via Shutterstock)

Commentary A Judge Told NC’s Legislature to Fix Huge School Funding Inequalities. They’re Just Not Doing It.

The courts excoriated the state 24 years ago because rural schools aren’t funded like urban schools. The legislature is out of time to make it right.

Susan Book September 20, 2021 2:24 pm EDT

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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, calls the session to order at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. Some educators are asking lawmakers for a waiver on standardized testing this year after another year upended by coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Commentary Why North Carolina Lawmakers Are Hypocrites on Public School Testing

A NC public education advocate on why schools shouldn’t face another round of punitive standardized testing this spring.

Susan Book January 26, 2021 11:48 am EST

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Commentary As the Parent of a Special Needs Child, I Feel Forgotten About in Coronavirus Reopening

Amid the coronavirus, a parent in NC’s largest school system talks about the challenge of a virtual reopening for a child with special needs.

Susan Book July 24, 2020 3:12 pm EDT

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