Justin Parmenter

How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Shaking Up Health Care in N.C. Some people on the private market are already seeing higher health insurance premiums, and thousands who rely on Medicaid could lose coverage.

How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Shaking Up Health Care in N.C.

Some people on the private market are already seeing higher insurance premiums for 2026, and thousands who rely on Medicaid could lose coverage. #ncpol

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Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to temporarily return

The agency is asking laid-off staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to come back and pitch in to help handle school discrimination cases.

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Just like the last two ten-year cycles, I'm extremely grateful to the CMS NBCT support program which through many years of thick and thin has consistently been a huge help for many local educators navigating this complicated and often stressful process. 🙏

So happy and relieved to log in this morning and learn that I have successfully renewed my National Board certificate for another five years through 2031. That means a quarter century as a National Board Certified Teacher!! #nced

South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation | CNN As South Carolina tries to contain its measles outbreak, public health officials across the nation are concerned that the highly contagious virus is making a major comeback.

South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation

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Manolo Betancur: Part baker, part community builder - SouthPark Magazine A nationally acclaimed documentary spotlights Charlotte baker, change agent and nonprofit founder Manolo Betancur.

“I feel a responsibility to show the good things immigrants bring to this country,” Betancur says. “To show we love and suffer and care about this nation and are so grateful to be here. Our children are the future of this country.”

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Justin Parmenter - More Than My Curriculum - CMS Foundation Justin Parmenter

Middle school is not always a kind place, and we're doing our part to change that.

If you'd like to learn more about the evolution of this assignment, I gave a CMS Teacher Talk about it a few years ago: cms-foundation.org/teacher-talk...

Mission reports showed many felt motivated to keep the kindness going after seeing how a simple act could change someone's whole day for the better.

Lots of leftover Halloween candy (and three slightly squished mini donuts) changed hands, and many students made crafts and encouraging notes for their peers.

This month my seventh-grade students drew random classmates' names and had a month to do something kind for the other person. Then they explained what they had done and reflected on how it impacted the other student and themselves.

If you don’t think three squashed mini donuts can make someone’s day, you don’t know middle school. #nced

Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right? If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.

After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?

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Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks US president appears to roll back from demand Zelenskyy sign by Thursday amid claims Russia authored the text

Zero gratitude for a Russia-authored plan which gives the invader 20% of Ukraine, reduces the size of its army and bars it from ever joining NATO? That’s weird 🤔

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Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”

NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.

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‘It’s Very Bleak’ As the Border Patrol’s Charlotte operation continued—or ended?—the city’s Latino businesses began to assess the damage done.

‘It’s Very Bleak’

As the Border Patrol’s Charlotte operation continued—or ended?—the city’s Latino businesses began to assess the damage done.

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With honking horns and locked doors, here’s how one Charlotte community faced the immigration enforcement crackdown | CNN In the heart of this immigrant business community in North Carolina, stark black-and-white signs posted outside most businesses warn: “ICE is not welcome here.”

With honking horns and locked doors, here’s how one Charlotte community faced the immigration enforcement crackdown
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ACLU says Border Patrol agents violated NC mask ban, racially profiled residents U.S. Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte after a five-day operation, leaving behind a swirl of legal questions. In an interview with WFAE, the ACLU of North Carolina says agents repeatedly violat...

ACLU says Border Patrol agents violated NC mask ban, racially profiled residents

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ICE raids are driving Charlotte students out of the classroom - Notes from the Chalkboard *this opinion piece was first published by the Charlotte Observer Monday morning I stood outside my school to greet students as they got off the bus.  Our school counselor and a couple of other teache...

ICE raids are driving Charlotte students out of the classroom. More than 20% stayed home this week. #nced

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Children missing school because of immigration enforcement doesn’t just mean they are falling behind academically. Many also rely on school for meals and basic medical needs, not to mention the important social needs that go unmet when students aren’t in school. #nced

CMS teacher: I’ve already seen the impact from Charlotte’s Border Patrol surge | Opinion So many of our students seemed pleased by our welcoming Monday morning message. Unfortunately, many of our students weren’t there to see it. | Opinion

CMS teacher: I’ve already seen the impact from Charlotte’s Border Patrol surge #nced
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Border Patrol needs a warrant to enter private business areas Across the Charlotte area, people have seen signs on businesses telling Border Patrol and ICE not to enter.

Border Patrol needs a warrant to enter private business areas

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CMS teacher: I’ve already seen the impact from Charlotte’s Border Patrol surge | Opinion So many of our students seemed pleased by our welcoming Monday morning message. Unfortunately, many of our students weren’t there to see it. | Opinion

Thank you to the Charlotte Observer for sharing my thoughts on how the ongoing ICE/Border Patrol raids are impacting our students #nced

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Greeting Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools students as they got off the bus this morning. #nced

Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.

Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses.

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How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.

The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.

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Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies

Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming?

"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"

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A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national Fort Worth’s Mercy Culture Church aims to get more conservative Christians elected through its online Campaign University.

A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit

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I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.

It’s time for House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his vacation and get back to the work that the American people elected us to do.

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Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents. The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...

Families ‘horrified’ after daycare teacher pulled out of preschool by armed federal agents

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