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?

Yes. They can come into schools without a warrant to arrest undocumented immigrants. They can come into churches and hospitals as well. If there is a church that runs a private school which takes voucher money, then it can be raided to get undocumented immigrants of any age. From the Department of Homeland Security: “This … Continue reading Does Your School System Have A Stance On ICE (And The DHS Directive)?

According to this morning's TeachNC recruitment site: And as was reported last week: That WRAL report links to a previous report from last May. "Teacher turnover is wreaking havoc in classrooms across the country — especially as school systems struggle to fill vacancies. Educators say they’re fed up with low pay, increasing workloads and political … Continue reading So, How Many EC Teachers Does Your District Need?

This headline from the end of last week is yet another indication of NC's failure to properly invest in public schools. "New complaints follow years of a worsening shortage of special education teachers that's leaving schools without qualified faculty and students without properly provided services." When a state that sits on a surplus and blatantly … Continue reading This Is What Happens When You Don’t Fully Fund Public Schools

When you as a teacher receive an email like what follows, it can be rather offsetting. I can understand why it was sent, and I can understand that because of the timing and the need for investigation, but it is still unsettling to think that all of that vital info could have been compromised. But … Continue reading Teachers Should Have Known More About That PowerSchool “Data Breach”