Justin Parmenter

Justin Parmenter is an English teacher at South Academy of International Languages in Charlotte. “Notes from the Chalkboard” is his site with thoughts about public education.

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Perspective | A public school love story

by Justin Parmenter | January 20, 2025

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NC Superintendent ignores input of professional educators, opts for increased screen time for schools’ youngest readers

by Justin Parmenter | June 28, 2019

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146 students, 146 personal handwritten notes of encouragement to students who are about to take standardized tests

by Justin Parmenter | May 30, 2019

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Teacher Talk: More than my curriculum — Agents of kindness

by Justin Parmenter | April 12, 2019

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North Carolina educators gearing up to win big for schools on May 1

by Justin Parmenter | April 10, 2019

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I cut standardized test prep out of my lessons and focused on relationships. Student growth was the highest of my career.

by Justin Parmenter | January 29, 2019

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School choice doesn’t happen in a vacuum

by Justin Parmenter | January 24, 2019

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Failure of Read to Achieve is a clarion call for state legislators to listen to teachers

by Justin Parmenter | October 30, 2018

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As Hurricane Florence approaches, children get a real life lesson in empathy

by Justin Parmenter | September 14, 2018

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North Carolina’s principal pay plan does more harm than good

by Justin Parmenter | September 10, 2018

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We need to upgrade our school buildings. The legislature blew it.

by Justin Parmenter | June 28, 2018

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Don’t say my student failed. That’s a stunningly inaccurate picture of what happened.

by Justin Parmenter | June 14, 2018

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