The Economic Policy Institute releases a report every year that tracks what is called the "teacher pay penalty." What is that? EPI says it occurs when teachers "are paid less (in weekly wages and total compensation) than their nonteacher college-educated counterparts, and the situation has worsened considerably over time. And NC doesn't fare well. The … Continue reading Do You Know What NC’s Teacher Pay Penalty Is?

In late July, over 50 business leaders filed a statement urging the NC Supreme to back a judge’s order to fund the Leandro plan. The list of signers included leaders associated with the state Chamber of Commerce. Here’s a twitter feed from Keung Hui, the education reporter from the News & Observer when that amicus brief … Continue reading The NC Chamber Of Commerce Is No Friend Of Public Education In This State

Here's the formula: 1. Defund Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National AverageLess Money Spent per Pupil When Adjusted For Inflation Frozen Salaries For Years 15-24Ignorance of LEANDRO DecisionBudget Taking Three Years To Pass 2. Attack Removal of Due-Process Rights Graduate Degree Pay Bumps Removed Retiree Health Benefits Removed For New TeachersPush for Merit Pay and Bonus Pay Removal of Longevity Pay Attacks on … Continue reading The Formula To Privatize Public Education In North Carolina

Might want to read this one by Justin Parmenter on his blog Notes From the Chalkboard: What Parmenter's post reminds veteran teachers is that we can be either “at” the table or “on” the table. For teachers in North Carolina, there are many other prepositions that could identify the relationship between the legislation process and … Continue reading “At” The Table or “On” the Menu: Once Again DPI Showing It Does Not Want To Listen To Teachers

You can find the entire document here with links. But here's the text: August 8, 2022  Position Statement – Recommendations for NC Licensure Proposal  This document is to share recommendations from NCACTE regarding the licensure proposal  currently under consideration by the Professional Education Preparation and Standards  Commission (PEPSC). NCACTE membership institutions, both public and independent, … Continue reading Did You See What The North Carolina Association Colleges Of Teacher Educators Said About The New Teacher Licensure Proposal? You Should.

North Carolina has had record budget surpluses but refuses to acknowledge the LEANDRO decision that emphatically states that NC has failed to fully fund our public school system for decades.Teachers fill out a working conditions survey every other year for the state that has no questions about how teachers feel the state handles public education, … Continue reading 10 Intentionally Cruel Ironies About Public Education in NC

It was so bad when it was first constructed that it had to be placed on hold. Remember it was a creation of BEST NC, the business lobbying firm that is housed on the campus of SAS, the company that brought us EVAAS and is owned by Jim Goodnight, a major campaign contributor to GOP … Continue reading Hold Them Harmless! About That Absolutely Horrible NC Principal Pay System.

If you are a teacher in NC's public schools with more than five years experience teaching our students, you should have been incredibly offended by the words offered yesterday by State Superintendent Catherine Truitt on the new teacher licensure and pay proposal. First of all, the title already tells you that Truitt'c claim that the … Continue reading Are You Effing Kidding Me, Supt. Truitt?

What the veteran education reporter Ann Doss Helms with WFAE did yesterday was proof that the value of great journalism cannot be measured - much like the value of a teacher. When State Superintendent Catherine Truitt presented on elementary reading scores to a House Select Education Committee, she misrepresented the data seemingly giving more credit … Continue reading For Any Teachers Who Went Through LETRS Training, You Should Be A Little Pi**ed About This.