“A new report by ProgressNow focuses on how the ALEC education task force has used a state-by-state report card to fabricate failure in state public education systems in order to create a sales opportunity for their corporate membership. Since 2008, those ALEC report cards have focused on education policy, giving higher grades to states that have opened […]
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NC Teachers on Assignment: Looking for Jobs in Other Stat...
It’s not an idle threat. Teachers are looking elsewhere for employment. We hear legislators claim that our public schools are “broken.” They have it wrong. They weren’t broken until some of this legislation and the 2013-15 biennial budget was passed. This story is from Charlotte-Mecklenburg, but it could be from anywhere in our state. “They […]
Letter to the NC General Assembly: I Can No Longer Afford to Tea...
A North Carolina teacher shares the sad truth about teacher pay in North Carolina. We should not treat professional educators (Lindsay has two professional degrees and four certifications) like this. Here’s her letter: Dear members of the North Carolina General Assembly, The language in this letter is blunt because the facts are not pretty. Teaching […]
Vouchers Gain Ground, Public Education Loses in Final Budg...
Education reporter Lindsay Wagner of NC Policy Watch offers an excellent analysis of the impact of the biennial budget on public education. A key fact overlooked by some legislators who believe we are spending more on public education in the new budget: “…the 2014 fiscal year budget will spend $500 million less than the 2008 inflation-adjusted […]