Last week, NCDPI presented to the State Board of Education its report 2020-2021 State of the Teaching Profession in North Carolina. This annual report describes trends in teaching from March 2020 through March 2021. Widely reported was the finding that the overall state attrition rate for 2020-21 is 8.20%, only slightly higher than the rates for […]
According to estimates done by the National Education Association (NEA), North Carolina currently ranks 37th in the nation for average teacher pay. As more data becomes available, you may see this rank change. While last year, North Carolina originally ranked 35th for teacher pay, updated data revised the rankings to rank NC at 39th. NEA’s […]
K-3 Class Size Restrictions Delayed One Year On February 8, Republican legislative leaders introduced HB90, allowing a phase in plan for smaller class sizes in grades K-3 until 2021-22 instead of the rigid mandate for the 2018-19 school year. In addition, legislators included in the bill a new allotment for enhancement teachers that grows to about […]
This report highlights the work being done by ninety-one school districts and charter schools to promote integration.
Years of skimpy funding by the state and local leaders led to a greater crisis in ABSS when they had to face costs of nearly $26 million in mold remediation at schools in September. #nced #ncpublicschools #ncpol
