…the that leadership within Central Office and the School Board will genuinely listen to our teachers, students, and parents during the search and hiring process. Yes, in the middle of the summer a couple of years after the most unprecedented time in any teaching career with the pandemic, my school is losing a principal to … Continue reading My School Needs A New Principal And I Hope…

Listening to Mark Robinson in the last few months talk about how he feels that teachers are undervalued and underpaid is like listening to an unpolished politician who just wants people to forget about how much he really has denigrated public education and its educators. Robinson has gone a long way in giving the facade … Continue reading Just Remember How Much Mark Robinson Has “Loved” Public Education In North Carolina

From the News & Observer this past spring: “Senate Republicans said the state budget will increase the average pay for teachers to $60,671 by the 2024-2025 school year.” That average pay figure is not really that high. Actually it is much less. Take a look at the most recent DPI report that highlights the budgeting for public … Continue reading Don’t Believe What The NC General Assembly Says About Average Teacher Pay. Here’s Why.

In 2011 North Carolina got a super-majority in the NC General Assembly and the rise of Sen. Phil Berger as the most powerful lawmaker in the state. Then we got the removal of due-process rights, graduate degree pay bumps removed, less per-pupil expenditures, vouchers, unregulated charter school growth, school performance grading system, class size cap … Continue reading Phil Berger Made NC’s State Superintendent A More Powerful Position -Why We Need To Elect Mo Green

Our public schools are better than many lawmakers and office candidates portray them to be – people who have never spent time as educators. A lot better. And the problem is not the schools. The problem is the lawmaking body that controls the narrative of how schools are performing. With the constant dialogue that “we … Continue reading Our Public Schools Are Better Than Mark Robinson & Michele Morrow Want You to Believe

Maybe first look at this video of the GOP nominee for state superintendent for NC's public schools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iA_zKb5mwmc Her use of the "R" word is not the topic of this post. You can make your own judgement call about how she expresses herself and how she labels special needs students. But I will comment on … Continue reading I Am The Parent Of A Special Needs Public School Student & A Public School Teacher – Michele Morrow Should Never Be Our State Superintendent.

These two data exhibits in the "still ignored by the NC General Assembly" WestEd Leandro Report paint a vivid picture of what many in this state have been describing for years: the weakening of the teacher pipeline in North Carolina because of policies set by the NCGA. From 2009-10 to 2016-17, the percentage of new … Continue reading Now Is The Time To Expand The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program To Include All NC Public Colleges & Universities – Especially Our HBCU’s

Sen. Phil Berger and his cronies have had 12 years to “improve” our public education system. 12. The number of grades in a standard progression through a public school. Here are a few of the actions taken in those 12 years. 1. Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National Average 2. Removal of Due-Process Rights  3. Graduate Degree … Continue reading They’ve Had 12 Years To “Fix” Public Education. Instead They Have Been Tearing It Apart.

Here is the salary schedule that is in place for the 2023-2024 school year. For those who are not teachers, make sure to pay attention to years 15-24. Frozen. 10 years of the same. There is no longevity pay during these years as well. Someone who has been teaching for 24 years makes the same … Continue reading This State Freezes Teacher Salaries For 10 Years. TEN YEARS!

The Economic Policy Institute releases a report every year that tracks what is called the “teacher pay penalty.” What is that? EPI says it occurs when teachers “are paid less (in weekly wages and total compensation) than their nonteacher college-educated counterparts, and the situation has worsened considerably over time. And NC doesn’t fare well. The … Continue reading Do You Know What NC’s Teacher Pay Penalty Is?