A teacher with 24 years of experience makes the same salary as a teacher with 15 years of experience. 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 … Continue reading North Carolina Is The Most Cruelly Ironic State When It Comes To Public Education

Consider that North Carolina has routinely for the last ten-plus years ranked at the bottom of states in the country at funding its public schools. And then consider how much money has been steered into unregulated private school vouchers here in North Carolina, how much corporate taxes have been lowered over the last decade, and … Continue reading Funding NC’s Public Schools: Attendance Vs. Enrollment

The supposed need for North Carolina's voucher program has officially done a 180-degree turn. When first introduced, the voucher system was as described by then-called NC Policy Watch as such: In 2014, Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood ruled that the Opportunity Grants were unconstitutional. In 2015, that ruling was reversed supposedly upholding a lifeline for … Continue reading From Helping Low-Income Minority Students To Giving Wealthy White Families A Tax Break: NC’s Voucher Program

Justin Parmenter's recent post about health care premiums for teachers sums it all up. Parmenter refers to a recent Charlotte Observer piece. So, when glittering bills like this are introduced... ... it shouldn't really say "raise" as much as admit that it may not even cover a "cost of living adjustment" (COLA).