Michele Morrow has founded a nonprofit group to lobby for education issues.
The former Republican candidate for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction announced the creation of the National Alliance for Education Reform in an email to her supporters today. Morrow will serve as the organization’s executive director. The organization is registered as a 501(c)4 non-profit, a designation that allows for lobbying and political activity.
In an email announcing the organization, Morrow said, “I truly believe that, as Executive Director of NAER, I can have more of an impact outside of the system than I would have had as Superintendent.”
Morrow said the organization will lobby for legislation, support conservative school board candidates, and engage parents through community events.
According to NAER’s website, the mission of the organization is to seek solutions to systemic problems in education and to “to drive a national grassroots movement for radical change at the national, state and local levels.”
The organization’s board of directors includes Olivia Oxendine, a member of the State Board of Education and professor emeritus from UNC-Pembroke’s school of education.
Democrat Mo Green defeated Morrow in the election for state superintendent. Morrow also previously ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Wake County school board. She is a former nurse and homeschool teacher who made national headlines during her latest campaign for her controversial social media posts and public statements calling public schools “indoctrination centers.”
