--- title: SB 227 Lets Good Teachers Teach - June 29, 2026 description: SB 227 ends DEI in NC schools, frees good teachers to teach, and exposes the NCAE’s political priorities. canonical_url: https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/sb-227-lets-good-teachers-teach-june-29-2026 language: en-US date: 2026-06-29T01:52:51Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/sb-227-lets-good-teachers-teach-june-29-2026. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1550 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/sb-227-lets-good-teachers-teach-june-29-2026. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![A Stack of DEI Books](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/daily_update/2026/june/june29/jun292026-article.png) The North Carolina Association of Educators demonstrates once again they really do not care about kids – just promoting far left-agendas that protect far-left teachers. This is the Wilmington Standard Daily Update for Monday, June 29, 2026. Overriding yet another veto by Democrat Governor Josh Stein, the Republicans in the House and Senate put into law last week [Senate Bill 227](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S227v3.pdf) that effectively removes the practice of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion throughout North Carolina schools. This bill was passed in part to protect the over 3 billion dollars our state receives from the federal government that was put in jeopardy by President Trump’s Executive Order mandating states to get rid of [DEI](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/between-two-bridges/dei-dangerous-for-the-nation-dangerous-for-new-hanover-county). But also, to make sure – as the bill states – that all school students receive a meaningful education based on academic excellence, critical thinking, and the free exchange of ideas. The [NCAE](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-3-guys-podcast/episode-10-teachers-rallies-and-goverment-budgets) – North Carolina’s pseudo Teacher’s Union made up of pseudo teachers – disagreed. In a statement made to the [Raleigh News and Observer](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article316265661.html): “Our public schools are not political battlegrounds,” \[NCAE President\] Walker Kelly said in a statement. “They are community institutions built to serve every family. When the legislature moves to erase the values that make schools inclusive, they aren’t protecting students — they’re harming them.” You are completely out to lunch, Ms. Kelly. If your values are to teach students that all whites are racist, that America was founded as a country to keep blacks as slaves, that the intersectionality of gender, race and ethnic background mandate we do away with a merit-based education system, or that [Ibram Kendi](https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article252541663.html) is qualified to teach anything at all about anti-racism – well then not only are we laughing at you we sincerely hope you and your kind of radical far-left educators never be around children of any age ever again. The truth of the matter is that SB 227 allows good teachers to teach. For example, students should be taught both the bad and the good history of our nation – with the final revelation that there is more good about America than bad. It mandates that teachers be color conscious – understanding that every student is unique and is always in part shaped by cultural and ethnic background. At the same time teachers need to be color blind – requiring that students meet – or exceed – standards that are the same for every child. Good teachers do these things automatically. Cannot say the same about Ms. Kelly and her cadre at the NCAE. For the Wilmington Standard, I’m Reuel Sample. 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