According to the last annual NEA Report on Educator Pay in 2024: And here is what is reported for NC. $13,000 below the national average is terrible to begin with and average increases are lower than the nation as well. And that $56,559 figure is still a grossly manufactured statistic. One operative word here is … Continue reading The Average NC Teacher Salary Is $56,559? Here’s Why That’s Shameful And Still Grossly Misleading.

Ah, what? Will Doran's report for WRAL.com highlights a bill that would sink lots of money from the pension fund for NC public employees into cryptocurrency. House Bill 92 would affect any teacher's pension if the state treasurer is given the power to "invest these funds" into digital assets. In fact, it would affect a … Continue reading Want Your State Pension To Be Dependent On Cryptocurrency Funds?

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).

Let's temper this a second. Yes, a bill was introduced in the NC General Assembly by State Representative Erin Paré, R-Wake which would raise the beginning pay for a new teacher to $50,000 a year. The most experienced teachers would also see a raise of over $12,000. Another aspect of this bill is the reinstatement … Continue reading Big Raises For NC Teachers? Mmmm.

Cherokee High School is home to the defending girls state champions in 1A basketball. They are expected to vie for that title again. In the conference tournament, they played Hayesville High School and won handily. But instead of being able to celebrate that feat, they endured a hostile scene. The letter that follows from the … Continue reading What Happened To The Cherokee Lady Braves Basketball Team This Past Weekend

Below is a notice sent to all federal employees from Elon Muck this past Saturday, Feb. 22nd. And here is the email that was sent soon after:

Say in 2008, a school district had 1000 students in its school system and spent 10 million dollars in its budget to educate them. That’s a 10,000 per pupil expenditure. Now in 2025, that same district has 1500 students and the school system is spending 11.5 million to educate them. That district is spending more … Continue reading When Someone In North Carolina Says, “Well, We Are Spending More on Education Than Ever Before,” Then Tell Him This