Katie Eddings, a personal finance teacher at Lee Early College in Sanford and an educator in North Carolina public schools for over 20 years, announced this week she is running for state superintendent of public instruction in the 2024 election.
Eddings, a registered Democrat, was the 2019 North Carolina North Central Region (Lee, Harnett, Chatham and Orange) Teacher of the Year and Lee County’s 2018 Teacher of the Year. She joined LCS in 2015, initially accepting an offer to teach AVID after serving as an assistant principal in Moore County. She is also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
In a video she posted on June 27, Eddings stood in front of an old small schoolhouse backed by family members and said public school teachers have been part of her family for over 100 years. She said teachers have had to sacrifice too much in North Carolina, and she’s entering the race to be an advocate for them, as well as students.
“It’s time for change for our teachers, for our children and for the future of public education in North Carolina,” Eddings said. “I’m excited about meeting most of you as I travel the state over the next 12 months. I want to hear your concerns. I want to hear your ideas about public education as it concerns your students, your children, your grandchildren and even your great grandchildren. I need your support.”
North Carolina’s current superintendent of public instruction is Catherine Truitt, a Republican from Cary. Truitt defeated Democrat Jen Mangum in the November 2020 election by a 51.4-48.6 percent margin.
No more Democrats.
No more Trumpians
I can’t stand Trump, but the country was in a hell of a lot better shape during his tenure than the clown show we have now
agreed 100%! So sick of their attitudes and their crying when they don’t get their way. The time for change is NOW! We need common sense and backbones in positions and the Democrats do not possess either one of those attributes. Go Red/Conservative all the time!
Please no right wing nutcase, America is being destroyed by these liars….
“The misery index is a crude but effective way to measure the health of the economy. You add up the inflation rate and the unemployment rate. If you’re a president running for re-election, you want that number to be as low as possible”.
“When Ronald Reagan won re-election, it was about 11.4, when George W. Bush did so it was 9, for Barack Obama it was 9.5, and today, as Joe Biden runs for re-election, it’s only 7.7”. This is from conservative republcan David Brooks article. You right wing folks watch too much Fox News.
Good for her. She is a lovely person, and a great teacher. Also, good to see the STOTUS ruling in the “classically liberal” tradition. Refreshing.
*SCOTUS
Stop the spread of American Fascism. They took over the republican party, and now they want the entire country.
By far not a Republican, damn sure not a Democrat, can’t stand Fox News or CNN, but I do know the Democrats of today are 🦇 💩 crazy and I will never vote that party,
T. Gunn – Don’t care if you ever vote for a democrat, as long as you stop supporting the American Fascist party (republican). Vote independent or libertarian.
Trash
This lady deserves to win ! She’s definitely the most kind hearted person I have ever met . Anyone that has anything different to say … just shows how your momma raised you and she should be ashamed for you to be her child. It’s really crazy how all these “grown people” sit and talk . When has America ever even been great? It’s literally built off of other cultures so the back and forth at yalls grown age is sad . American needs more people like Ms Katie here, rant over . 😘
Unfortunately, there is nothing in this article or her video that says where she stands on the issues concerning our State and Local education system. After doing a search online, I can’t find anything discussing her platform. So how can you make an informed decision to support or not support someone if they don’t have any information to articulate the issues and how they plan to address those issues. Or are we just supposed to do like we always do and vote based on her political affiliation instead of knowing where hte candidate actually stands???
Agreed, I’m sure she is nice but offers nothing politically. I would encourage her to run locally, perhaps the Lee County Board of Education.
What the heck are you talking about? The general election isn’t until November 2024 so she has plenty of time to make her views known. Heck, I don’t think the national republican party even has a platform. If that is the case if you vote republican you are voting for a candidate just winging it I guess.
WE NEED ABSOLUTELY “0” DUMBOCRATS IN ANY OFFICE. PERIODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!