Think of these actions over the last twelve years in North Carolina as far as public education is concerned: Teacher Pay  Removal of due-process rights for new teachers Graduate Degree Pay Bumps Removed  Push for Merit Pay  “Average” Raises Health Insurance and Benefits Changes Attacks on Teacher Advocacy Groups (NCAE)  Revolving Door of Standardized Tests  … Continue reading North Carolina Still Has a Severe Teacher & Teacher Candidate Shortage That Raleigh Deliberately Created

Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, North Carolina stopped supporting a well-known and highly used program for teachers and other “10-month” educators: installment pay plans. This allowed for educators to receive their salaries in 12 increments so that each month brought a paycheck and keep a financial equilibrium for those who wanted the installment plan. … Continue reading North Carolina Should Reinstate The 12-Month Installment Pay Plan For Teachers

Scott Sexton's column in today's Winston-Salem Journal is only repeating what most teachers who have been in our public schools have known for years: North Carolina sucks at paying its teachers. But it is very important to keep informing the public of what is happening. Three specific items he highlights: Per the data, North Carolina … Continue reading Now We Trail Mississippi: Another “Badge” For NC’s Treatment Of Teachers

This past week Senate Bill 48 was introduced that would " PERMIT STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR HOME SCHOOL WITHOUT AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS PROGRAM IN A GIVEN SPORT OR PARTICULAR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ACTIVITY AT A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL." This ironically named "Access ... for All" bill would … Continue reading SB 48 – “Access For All” To Play A Sport At A Public School?

The most current numbers for the following: Here is a link to November, 2024 and December, 2024. Average Gas Price Average Milk Price Average Egg Prices Average Bread Price Federal Interest Rate Dow Jones Index Inflation Rate NC Tax Rates NC Minimum Wage Unemployment Rates Unemployment Benefits Number of People Who Enrolled in ACA coverage … Continue reading February, 2025: Numbers To Consider

Some quick reminders of how much NC’s public education system relies on funding from the federal government. That is NC in that “top 10” states in federal share of public education funds. And there are a lot of public post-secondary schools in NC. Ten of those institutions are HBCUs. And NC is not very good at … Continue reading NC Needs The Department Of Education

Look at the average teacher salary in North Carolina. Then look at the average pay increase that Raleigh may be giving to teachers in a certain budget cycle. Those two values are not looking at the same set of numbers. When politicians and policy makers in Raleigh talk about average salary they are counting in … Continue reading How Local Supplements For Teachers Are Propagandized By Raleigh (Average Teacher Salary Vs. Percentage Raise)

Do you know your constitutional rights if an immigration officer knocks on your door? This link will give you a .pdf version of the following from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

So he has dropped his defamation suit against CNN. Robinson went from this: Then to this: Then to this in four months:

Over a course of ten months, North Carolina public school teachers are officially employed for 215 days. Students in North Carolina typically go to school at least 180 days a school year. Most LEA’s define a contracted day of work as being eight hours for a teacher. Imagine what would happen if educators only worked … Continue reading What If Teachers Only Worked The Hours They Were Contracted For?