"While it is unfortunate that it took more than a year and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to resolve this matter, the positive news is that we will be able to utilize the data-driven analysis to reorganize DPI to help the agency focus on its core mission of supporting educators, students and parents across … Continue reading If Mark Johnson Wants to be “Data-Driven,” Then He Might Want to Look at the Data
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North Carolina Teacher Pay is Still 39th And Why The Cost Of Living Adjustment Argument is Erroneous
John Hood of the John Locke Foundation tweeted the following yesterday in response to the NEA's recent report on teacher pay that had North Carolina still well below the national average. Interestingly, he tagged it to #nced and referred all readers to a recent post by his colleague Dr. Terry Stoops, the Vice President for … Continue reading North Carolina Teacher Pay is Still 39th And Why The Cost Of Living Adjustment Argument is Erroneous
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Phil Berger’s “Historic” Spin on Teacher Pay – Empty and Deliberate
From Phil Berger’s Twitter account in May of 2014: From the July 31st edition of the New York Times: The Republican-controlled Senate’s 32-to-13 vote came after weeks of tense negotiations that divided the Republican Party and provoked intraparty accusations of political grandstanding. The Senate was expected to hold its final vote on the budget early Friday, clearing … Continue reading Phil Berger’s “Historic” Spin on Teacher Pay – Empty and Deliberate
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All of Those “Reforms” and “Historic Pay Raises” And NC is Still What?… About That CBS Report
On April 3rd, CBS News released a report entitled "The 9 states where teachers have it worst." When it comes to teacher pay, many politicians point at the "benefits" that teachers receive and tend to quantify that in an argument that teachers are fairly compensated. However, while those benefits are generous to those who have … Continue reading All of Those “Reforms” and “Historic Pay Raises” And NC is Still What?… About That CBS Report
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An Open Letter From a Veteran North Carolina Teacher to Young Teachers – You Are Vital
Dear Fellow Educator, I first want to tell you that I admire what you have chosen to do as a career. Teaching in today’s public schools is not easy. I know as I am in my 20th year of teaching. I still love my job. I still love being with the students. Outside of my … Continue reading An Open Letter From a Veteran North Carolina Teacher to Young Teachers – You Are Vital
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Our Public Schools Are Better Than the NCGA Would Want You to Believe
Our public schools are better than you may think. Probably a lot better. With the constant dialogue that “we must improve schools” and the “need to implement reforms,” it is imperative that we as a taxpaying public seek to understand all of the variables in which schools are and can be measured, and not all … Continue reading Our Public Schools Are Better Than the NCGA Would Want You to Believe
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The “Ignoramasaurus Rex” – How The Average Teacher Pay Increase in NC is Not Really Real
T. Keung Hui’s report for McClatchy Regional News entitled “N.C. teachers are now averaging more than $50,000 a year” is really not what it appears to be simply because that average salary is being bolstered by the very people that the NC General Assembly wants to rid the state of: veteran teachers with due-process rights. … Continue reading The “Ignoramasaurus Rex” – How The Average Teacher Pay Increase in NC is Not Really Real
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The Silence of the NC State Superintendent on Public Schools And a Fear of Tough Questions
I don’t get to choose my students. Whoever walks into my classroom and is on the roll I receive from the school system will get the best instruction that I can offer. And in those classes, I do not write a script. Students are always allowed to ask questions, especially tough ones. If I know … Continue reading The Silence of the NC State Superintendent on Public Schools And a Fear of Tough Questions
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The Redundant Redundancy of Mark Johnson’s Comments on Teacher Pay
Yesterday, it was reported by Kelly Hinchcliffe on WRAL.com that the NC State Superintendent had hired another in-house loyalist with the extra money given to him by the General Assembly. As stated in "NC superintendent hires new senior policy adviser:" North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson has hired a new senior policy adviser … Continue reading The Redundant Redundancy of Mark Johnson’s Comments on Teacher Pay
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Can Berger, Moore, or Barefoot Explain This? Concerning School Funding Levels Pre and Post Recession
Today the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report on school funding in states that compared current funding with pre-recession levels. Entitled “A Punishing Decade for School Funding”, the authors begin with this: “Public investment in K-12 schools — crucial for communities to thrive and the U.S. economy to offer broad opportunity — … Continue reading Can Berger, Moore, or Barefoot Explain This? Concerning School Funding Levels Pre and Post Recession
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