Every year, the National Education Association releases a report called the Annual Teacher Salary Benchmark Report sometime in the spring. This year it was dropped on April 26th. North Carolina is mentioned specifically in the first part of the report. According to the report, all of NC's 115 LEAs were able to have all 93,462 … Continue reading Why NC’s “Average” Teacher Salary Is Horribly Overstated

We have no new budget. Still. And we are still in an unprecedented pandemic which has altered the landscape of education for a time. But there is a lot of hope with vaccines and science. If people get vaccinated and stay vigilant. For fourteen months, educators have adapted, invented, created, and constructed ways and means … Continue reading It’s Teacher Appreciation Week – How About Restoring Respect For The Teaching Profession

Our public schools are better than many lawmakers portray them to be – lawmakers who have never spent time as educators. A lot better. And the problem is not the schools. The problem is the lawmaking body that controls the narrative of how schools are performing. With the constant dialogue that “we must improve schools” … Continue reading Our Public Schools Are Better Than The North Carolina General Assembly Wants You to Believe

Yes, public education is political. But it does not have to be partisan. Yet, in the last few years, more and more local school board elections are becoming partisan races steering school systems by a GPS system based on political dogma and controlled in Raleigh rather than what is best for the local school system. … Continue reading Local School Boards Should Not Be Partisan