Rob Wisc
@robwisc.bsky.social
US educational policy | political economies | community organizing | labor
Roughly 47% of those employed in Blowing Rock in 2000 were management, professional, and related occupations.
Roughly 30% of those employed worked in sales and office occupations.
Roughly 30% of those employed worked in sales and office occupations.
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Roughly 47% of those employed in Blowing Rock in 2000 were management, professional, and related occupations.
Roughly 30% of those employed worked in sales and office occupations.
Roughly 30% of those employed worked in sales and office occupations.
From reading this article, you might think that Bovino grew up in a podunk mountain town. Ask folks in NC and they will tell you Blowing Rock is a tourist spot.
Blowing Rock ain't podunk.
The 2000 US Census lists the median household income in Blowing rock as $54k compared with $39k across NC.
Blowing Rock ain't podunk.
The 2000 US Census lists the median household income in Blowing rock as $54k compared with $39k across NC.
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From reading this article, you might think that Bovino grew up in a podunk mountain town. Ask folks in NC and they will tell you Blowing Rock is a tourist spot.
Blowing Rock ain't podunk.
The 2000 US Census lists the median household income in Blowing rock as $54k compared with $39k across NC.
Blowing Rock ain't podunk.
The 2000 US Census lists the median household income in Blowing rock as $54k compared with $39k across NC.
If we want to compare teachers and nurses, it seems important to highlight the difference in salary between the professions.
The report notes that the median nurse is paid roughly $30k more each year than the median teacher!
The report notes that the median nurse is paid roughly $30k more each year than the median teacher!
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If we want to compare teachers and nurses, it seems important to highlight the difference in salary between the professions.
The report notes that the median nurse is paid roughly $30k more each year than the median teacher!
The report notes that the median nurse is paid roughly $30k more each year than the median teacher!
National Parents Union and Ed Reform Now note that teachers are undervalued and underpaid!
It is strange to argue for increasing pay disparities for "high need" teachers—while taking time to name and shame teacher unions—rather than focusing as much attention on increasing teacher pay overall.
It is strange to argue for increasing pay disparities for "high need" teachers—while taking time to name and shame teacher unions—rather than focusing as much attention on increasing teacher pay overall.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
National Parents Union and Ed Reform Now note that teachers are undervalued and underpaid!
It is strange to argue for increasing pay disparities for "high need" teachers—while taking time to name and shame teacher unions—rather than focusing as much attention on increasing teacher pay overall.
It is strange to argue for increasing pay disparities for "high need" teachers—while taking time to name and shame teacher unions—rather than focusing as much attention on increasing teacher pay overall.
The paper also cites Kraft & Lyon (2024), who argue that rhetoric targeting teacher unions (mentioned in Bartanen et al. below) and targeting teachers are components of decreased interest in teaching since 2010.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The paper also cites Kraft & Lyon (2024), who argue that rhetoric targeting teacher unions (mentioned in Bartanen et al. below) and targeting teachers are components of decreased interest in teaching since 2010.
Re: Kavanaugh – Katyal did not endorse Kavanaugh, but he spoke highly of him during a Heritage Foundation event during the nomination process. Sen. Thune used these statements to rally support for Kavanaugh before his confirmation hearing:
![Screenshot of a part of the website: https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/research/even-liberal-legal-experts-admit-judge-kavanaugh-is-a-superstar
The text in the screenshot reads:
NEAL KATYAL, Former Obama Administration Solicitor General: “I think it’s very hard for anyone who’s worked with [Judge Kavanaugh], appeared before him, to frankly say a bad word about him. I mean this is a[n] incredibly brilliant, careful person … [H]e’s legendary for his preparation … Judge Kavanaugh reads every one of those [Supreme Court] opinions, sits down with his clerks on Fridays and goes through them. Each one. Every single opinion.” (“Scholars & Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme Court's 2017-2018 Term,” The Heritage Foundation, 7/10/2018)
KATYAL: “In my practice we basically have a rule: if there’s a Kavanaugh clerk who applies, we hire that person.” (“Scholars & Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme Court's 2017-2018 Term,” The Heritage Foundation, 7/10/2018)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zkzlgc2ck4h64y7sk7j5ljif/bafkreibagwh624rlyfqbxfyoj5ld5m4mbqcli7xmro2vfdqvdvycsmjjm4@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Re: Kavanaugh – Katyal did not endorse Kavanaugh, but he spoke highly of him during a Heritage Foundation event during the nomination process. Sen. Thune used these statements to rally support for Kavanaugh before his confirmation hearing:
Oct 7 – D'Abrosca writes another article for Fox News, drawing on the same 2018 Harvard panel to allege Dixon's participation in coordinated domestic terrorism.
D'Abrosca's proof? Dixon mentioned organizations working together in "developing new kinds of horizontal organizing."
D'Abrosca's proof? Dixon mentioned organizations working together in "developing new kinds of horizontal organizing."
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oct 7 – D'Abrosca writes another article for Fox News, drawing on the same 2018 Harvard panel to allege Dixon's participation in coordinated domestic terrorism.
D'Abrosca's proof? Dixon mentioned organizations working together in "developing new kinds of horizontal organizing."
D'Abrosca's proof? Dixon mentioned organizations working together in "developing new kinds of horizontal organizing."
Oct 2 – D'Abrosca co-authors a piece on Dixon, the 2018 Harvard panel, and a public rally at UNC to support Dixon. The article alleges "members of the community rallied in favor and against Dixon being placed on leave."
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oct 2 – D'Abrosca co-authors a piece on Dixon, the 2018 Harvard panel, and a public rally at UNC to support Dixon. The article alleges "members of the community rallied in favor and against Dixon being placed on leave."
Oct 2 – D'Abrosca writes another piece about the same 2018 panel, this time claiming that Dixon calls for left-wing political violence. D'Abrosca also pivots in this article to ask individual Harvard professors to condemn political violence before celebrating Trump's attacks on Harvard.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Oct 2 – D'Abrosca writes another piece about the same 2018 panel, this time claiming that Dixon calls for left-wing political violence. D'Abrosca also pivots in this article to ask individual Harvard professors to condemn political violence before celebrating Trump's attacks on Harvard.
Updates to this attempt to manufacture outrage:
Oct 1 – D'Abrosca writes another piece attacking Dixon. In a panel with Harvard's Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, Dixon argues for armed self-defense against rightwing violence; D'Ambrosca attempts to equate Dixon's words with political violence.
Oct 1 – D'Abrosca writes another piece attacking Dixon. In a panel with Harvard's Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, Dixon argues for armed self-defense against rightwing violence; D'Ambrosca attempts to equate Dixon's words with political violence.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Updates to this attempt to manufacture outrage:
Oct 1 – D'Abrosca writes another piece attacking Dixon. In a panel with Harvard's Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, Dixon argues for armed self-defense against rightwing violence; D'Ambrosca attempts to equate Dixon's words with political violence.
Oct 1 – D'Abrosca writes another piece attacking Dixon. In a panel with Harvard's Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, Dixon argues for armed self-defense against rightwing violence; D'Ambrosca attempts to equate Dixon's words with political violence.
Minor framing quibbles:
Petrilli bemoan's the "polarization" of gifted programs. One paragraph earlier, he says that conservatives were triggered by headlines about Mamdani's critique of NYC's gifted programs because the discourse "harkens back to the Great Awokening."
Wtf?
Petrilli bemoan's the "polarization" of gifted programs. One paragraph earlier, he says that conservatives were triggered by headlines about Mamdani's critique of NYC's gifted programs because the discourse "harkens back to the Great Awokening."
Wtf?
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Minor framing quibbles:
Petrilli bemoan's the "polarization" of gifted programs. One paragraph earlier, he says that conservatives were triggered by headlines about Mamdani's critique of NYC's gifted programs because the discourse "harkens back to the Great Awokening."
Wtf?
Petrilli bemoan's the "polarization" of gifted programs. One paragraph earlier, he says that conservatives were triggered by headlines about Mamdani's critique of NYC's gifted programs because the discourse "harkens back to the Great Awokening."
Wtf?
Join the rally and sign the petition today!
Wed, Oct 1 – 12:30pm
UNC South Building
200 E Cameron Ave
Link to petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Wed, Oct 1 – 12:30pm
UNC South Building
200 E Cameron Ave
Link to petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join the rally and sign the petition today!
Wed, Oct 1 – 12:30pm
UNC South Building
200 E Cameron Ave
Link to petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Wed, Oct 1 – 12:30pm
UNC South Building
200 E Cameron Ave
Link to petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you are on UNC campus, join an anti-racist rally to support Professor Dixon today at 12:30pm at UNC South Building! More details in image below from the Instagram of Triangle Radical Events.
Sign the petition linked in that image here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
Sign the petition linked in that image here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you are on UNC campus, join an anti-racist rally to support Professor Dixon today at 12:30pm at UNC South Building! More details in image below from the Instagram of Triangle Radical Events.
Sign the petition linked in that image here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
Sign the petition linked in that image here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
Heartened to see colleagues across North Carolina standing up against UNC compliance with rightwing attacks on antifascism!
Image of statement reposted with alt text.
Image of statement reposted with alt text.
October 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Heartened to see colleagues across North Carolina standing up against UNC compliance with rightwing attacks on antifascism!
Image of statement reposted with alt text.
Image of statement reposted with alt text.
Sep 29 – Fox News gets the exclusive story that the UNC professor has been placed on administrative leave "following recent reports and expressions of concern regarding alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence" so that the university can investigate / consider additional discipline.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sep 29 – Fox News gets the exclusive story that the UNC professor has been placed on administrative leave "following recent reports and expressions of concern regarding alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence" so that the university can investigate / consider additional discipline.
Sep 27 – Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA spokesperson, retweets his initial tweet of the Georgetown flyer and links the Fox News article. He demands that the "professor must be immediately fired and the group/network investigated."
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sep 27 – Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA spokesperson, retweets his initial tweet of the Georgetown flyer and links the Fox News article. He demands that the "professor must be immediately fired and the group/network investigated."
In that article, UNC responds that the university "does not monitor or comment on the lawful personal activities or political views of individual employees."
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In that article, UNC responds that the university "does not monitor or comment on the lawful personal activities or political views of individual employees."
Sep 27 – Fox News publishes an article linking a UNC professor to Redneck Revolt—a group that split from the John Brown Gun Club in 2009—implying his connection to the John Brown Club flyers at Georgetown and to "extremist" ideas like ending capitalism and abolishing the police.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sep 27 – Fox News publishes an article linking a UNC professor to Redneck Revolt—a group that split from the John Brown Gun Club in 2009—implying his connection to the John Brown Club flyers at Georgetown and to "extremist" ideas like ending capitalism and abolishing the police.
Sep 25 – the story has been amplified by the Washington Examiner, New York Post, and Townhall, among other conservative publications.
Sep 26 and 27 – Fox News aired segments with Georgetown College Republicans / TPUSA members, calling for law enforcement to hold the John Brown Club responsible.
Sep 26 and 27 – Fox News aired segments with Georgetown College Republicans / TPUSA members, calling for law enforcement to hold the John Brown Club responsible.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sep 25 – the story has been amplified by the Washington Examiner, New York Post, and Townhall, among other conservative publications.
Sep 26 and 27 – Fox News aired segments with Georgetown College Republicans / TPUSA members, calling for law enforcement to hold the John Brown Club responsible.
Sep 26 and 27 – Fox News aired segments with Georgetown College Republicans / TPUSA members, calling for law enforcement to hold the John Brown Club responsible.
Evening of Sep 24 – ED Secretary Linda McMahon tweeted her appall at the flyer, noting that Georgetown had removed flyers and started police investigation.
She also calls on students to keep "speaking up to reveal these hateful ideologies that have incited deadly violence."
She also calls on students to keep "speaking up to reveal these hateful ideologies that have incited deadly violence."
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Evening of Sep 24 – ED Secretary Linda McMahon tweeted her appall at the flyer, noting that Georgetown had removed flyers and started police investigation.
She also calls on students to keep "speaking up to reveal these hateful ideologies that have incited deadly violence."
She also calls on students to keep "speaking up to reveal these hateful ideologies that have incited deadly violence."
Within an hour, both Laura Loomer and Andy Ngo amplified the message. Ngo also cautioned that the QR code linking to a Google Form was unusual.
The flyer mentions John Brown Club, but rightwing activists describe it as the John Brown Gun Club.
The flyer mentions John Brown Club, but rightwing activists describe it as the John Brown Gun Club.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Within an hour, both Laura Loomer and Andy Ngo amplified the message. Ngo also cautioned that the QR code linking to a Google Form was unusual.
The flyer mentions John Brown Club, but rightwing activists describe it as the John Brown Gun Club.
The flyer mentions John Brown Club, but rightwing activists describe it as the John Brown Gun Club.
Sep 24 – Shae McInnis, a Georgetown University sophomore and leader of the campus Republican Club, claims to have found a flyer for a John Brown Club at the university. McInnis speaks to Fox News.
Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA spokesperson, tweets a picture of John Brown Club of this flyer.
Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA spokesperson, tweets a picture of John Brown Club of this flyer.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sep 24 – Shae McInnis, a Georgetown University sophomore and leader of the campus Republican Club, claims to have found a flyer for a John Brown Club at the university. McInnis speaks to Fox News.
Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA spokesperson, tweets a picture of John Brown Club of this flyer.
Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA spokesperson, tweets a picture of John Brown Club of this flyer.
Kirschner & Hendrick (2020)—used in the article to argue that DI is "among the most effective forms of instruction"—highlight that direct instruction includes student-directed learning. Not sure how survey participants were supposed to know these strategies were a part of direct instruction.
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Kirschner & Hendrick (2020)—used in the article to argue that DI is "among the most effective forms of instruction"—highlight that direct instruction includes student-directed learning. Not sure how survey participants were supposed to know these strategies were a part of direct instruction.