As the North Carolina General Assembly passes legislation to limit the powers of the newly-elected Governor of the state, who is a Democrat, protestors gather at the State Capitol, speak out and are arrested.
The General Assembly has been controlled by Tea Party extremists since 2010, when they had the chance to redistrict and guarantee themselves a super-majority. The federal court has ruled that the redistricting was unconstitutional and ordered the legislature to redistrict again. Note to fox: Please stay away from the hens.
One of the new laws transfers power over the schools from the State Board of Education to the newly elected Republican superintendent of schools. Mark Johnson is a 32-year-old former Teach for America teacher, who taught for two years, then was elected to a local school board. A year after he was elected to the local school board, he announced his candidacy for state superintendent. Based on his scant experience, the Tea Party wants him to take charge of public education in the state. Michael Bloomberg and TFA’s political advocacy group LEE (Leaders for Educational Excellence) funded his campaign. Count this as another victory for TFA’s ambition to take over public education.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I as a NC resident am furious over this, hopefully Cooper can get this to the Courts and get all of this idiocy ruled unconstitutional.
Good luck, Sherri! It amazes me that, if the shoe had been on the other foot, the Republicans would be screaming and yelling about this. I hope that this can go to the Courts, and that the Courts rule the right way.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/the-battle-for-north-carolina/501257/
Unbelievable!
What is wrong with Michael Bloomberg? People with absolutely no public school experience should not have control of them. Go someplace and count your money and stay away from OUR schools!
To my mind, it is BECAUSE he has such huge amounts of money that he pushes himself into the middle of the extremely lucrative school-reform fray. For those with billions, too often the only goal is to keep making billions (and hiding behind the oxymoron of “venture philanthropist” or “philanthro-capitalist” has become a very popular way to hide the making of massive profits these days).