North Carolina’s voucher program has been criticized for its lack of accountability. The Opportunity Scholarship and ESA+ programs come with little financial oversight, no curriculum or content standards requirements, no educational or credential requirements for teachers, and no publicly available student performance testing data. Since 1992, NC public school students in grades 3-8 take the […]
Approving Charter Applications Despite Poor Track Record The Charter School Review Board, empowered by House Bill 618 with a name change and the new authority, previously held by the State Board of Education, to approve charter school applications has wasted no time. In October, it voted to overturn the State Board’s previous decision to deny American Leadership Academy (ALA) – Monroe’s […]
Last week the Economic Policy Institute released its annual analysis of teacher pay as compared to other professions with similar levels of education and found that the teaching pay penalty is continuing to grow. Using the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the report analyzes salaries for college graduates from 1979 through […]
On Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 4:00 p.m. the 600+ page budget (2023 Appropriations Act/ HB 259) was shared with House and Senate members 83 days after the budget deadline. The budget is huge, so below is a few of the various provisions, starting with several that affect education. Teacher salaries increase an average of 4% this year […]
