1-14-26: Worrying CMS News; Don Brown Joins

Tune in here to this ​Wednesday edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen! Breaking Brett Jensen opens the show by discussing a major development involving Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools eliminating its compliance department. He emphasizes that the only department remaining for teachers to share grievances is human resources, which he says primarily exists to protect the school district. Because the change is particularly concerning for teachers, Jensen speaks with former CMS Board of Education member Lisa Cline. Addressing the dissolution of the Office of Compliance, Cline says oversight of those matters now falls under the superintendent rather than the Board of Education. She notes that the compliance program, which allows teachers to report issues, is also now under the superintendent’s authority. Later in the show, Jensen speaks with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Brown. When asked about his decision to run, Brown says he was motivated after Sen. Thom Tillis opposed Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense, which ultimately failed. Asked about the response to his campaign, Brown says it has been “overwhelming,” adding that he is the only candidate to challenge a sitting U.S. senator. Listen here for all of this and more on Breaking With Brett Jensen. To be the first to hear about Breaking Brett Jensen's exclusives and more follow him on X @Brett_Jensen!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.