NASA’s Global Climate Change website is dedicated to educating people about human influence on the environment. Under the “Scientific Consensus” tab it states, “Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals1 show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities” (http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/). … Continue reading North Carolina’s Man-Made Educational Climate Change

Did you know that North Carolina has more Nationally Board Certified Teachers than any state in the country? Simply go to this site and compare – https://www.nbpts.org/support/in-your-state/. This past week score reports for those who were seeking/renewing certification were released. If you succeeded, I congratulate you. It’s not easy to become certified. Less than five percent … Continue reading National Board Certification Score Release Day – An Argument to Invest More in Teachers

Here is the salary schedule that was in place for the last school year and was in place at the beginning of this one: 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 … Continue reading 10 Frozen Years: The NCGA’s Plan To Eliminate Career Teachers

That “slide” above is from a 2019 presentation about the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS) Retirement Planning. 2019 was before the current pandemic. It would be interesting and predictably disheartening to question LEA HR directors about how many calls they are fielding from veteran teachers concerning retirement and early retirement requirements and possibilities. As … Continue reading NC Doesn’t Have To Just Worry About Recruiting Teacher Candidates. It Will Need To Worry About Retaining Current Teachers.

When budgets are “made” by lawmakers in North Carolina, there are usually multiple requests for monies attached to “reforms” or investments in resources. Some deal with mentoring and helping younger teachers become more acclimated to the education profession. Some deal with “advanced roles” for teachers. Some deal with curricula that focus on specific “21st century” … Continue reading One Resource All Teachers Need But is Never “Funded” For : TIME

If you were a teacher starting your career in 2020 with a Master's Degree and you planned on obtaining national certification after your third year of teaching, this is the salary schedule that was in effect. A 30-year career based on this salary schedule alone would net you 1,543,840 dollars. 30 years would be required … Continue reading Comparing NC Teacher Salaries & Buying Power: 2020 to 2008-2009

From June of 2016 concerning the Achievement School District, now the Innovative School District (ISD): With just days remaining in the N.C. General Assembly’s short session, leaders on the Senate Education Committee have given their approval to achievement school districts, a GOP-backed model of school reform that may clear for-profit charter takeovers of low-performing schools.Committee Chair Jerry Tillman, a Republican … Continue reading Did You Hear About What Happened To The Innovative School District?

From Education Week: From Forbes in an article by Peter Greene: They make reference to this working study: And here is the abstract: Think of every evaluation you have received in your teaching career. Do you think they did a good job of measuring your effectiveness?

Please do not think that the recent budget passed in North Carolina is friendly to teachers and public schools. Consider this: 22868 job openings in our schools as of the night of November 29th. Of those, over 8580 were for classroom teachers. And now consider: That report states: