Take a look at the states that surround North Carolina. While NC shares a border with 4 other states, it does not take long to travel to some others. Some lawmakers like to construct “favorable” comparisons to other southeastern states to make the argument that we as a state are fairly treating our teachers. Hogwash. … Continue reading 9 Of 10 Southeastern States Give Graduate Degree Pay To Teachers. Guess Who Does Not.

From WBIR.com: The Tennessee General Assembly has released a list of banned books that will be removed from Knox County public school libraries after the school district reviewed submitted concerns from parents in the community and decided to pull the materials off shelves. The released list contains 48 books that it says fail to comply … Continue reading The Books Just Banned In Knox County, TN

54,000 vouchers were awarded. "Record expansion." More than doubled the number of people receiving the voucher - no matter the income level of the family who applied for it. "More than 54,000 new Opportunity Scholarships were awarded Tuesday, which would more than double the number of students getting taxpayer funding to attend private schools.  The … Continue reading 54,000 New Vouchers Awarded. Look What Happened To The Minimum Wage, Hurricane Relief, & The Innovations Waiver Waitlist.

Sit at a bus stop with some students early in the morning waiting for a bus that is part of an already stretched route schedule that is underemployed all the while still waiting for the sun to even appear on the horizon. At really cold temps. When public school advocates talk about not having enough … Continue reading Yes, It Can Be Too Cold For School To Start On Regular Time

Well, the Scrooge before he was wholly transformed through a moral, spiritual, and ethical awakening through the visitations of a variety of spectral figures. What is happening in Raleigh with Senate Bill 382 is something that will add to the "ponderous chain" that Scrooge supposedly has been building with his malevolent actions against humanity and … Continue reading What Would Scrooge Do About Hurricane Relief? The “Ponderous Chains” Of The NCGA

We ought to flatten the pay curve more than we already have.-John hood, November 14, 2024 If the former leader of the John Locke Foundation and a current board member of the JLF is anything when it comes to his perspectives on teacher pay it is that he is consistent. The mouthpiece for Art Pope's … Continue reading “Flatten The Pay Curve?” Actually, We Should Steepen The Slope.

Hui said 1 in 9 teachers left. That’s over 10,000 teachers. What Hui refers to in the tweet above and the report he posted for the News & Observer is a sharp increase in teacher attrition given in the DPI’s recent report. That report can be found here. And that report focuses on March of 2022 to March … Continue reading The Last “State Of The Teaching Profession In NC” Showed 10,000 Teachers Left In One Year

The powers that rule in the North Carolina General Assembly have been waging a war against public schools in our state for the last four years. Under the guise of “reform,” GOP conservatives driven by ALEC-crafted policies have successfully enabled and instituted privatization efforts in many forms: unregulated charter school development, expansive growth of unproven … Continue reading The North Carolina General Assembly’s Christmas Wish: Make Veteran Teachers Extinct

The most current numbers for the following: Average Gas Price Average Milk Price Average Egg Prices Average Bread Price Federal Interest Rate Inflation Rate NC Tax Rates NC Minimum Wage Unemployment Rates Unemployment Benefits Number of People Who Enrolled in ACA coverage Number of Students in NC Public Schools (K-12) Number of Vacancies in NC … Continue reading Black Friday, 2024: Numbers To Consider

There are many things that could go on this list, and if you are a public school advocate in this state and have been paying attention these last dozen years, then these should come as no surprise. Maybe the worst part is that each of these actions / conditions work in synchronicity with the others; … Continue reading What This Teacher Is Not Thankful For