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 […]
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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 […]
Chicago schools Lay Off 2,100 While City Puts $55 M into College Basketball Are...
“Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district said Thursday night. About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff members, are in addition to 855 employees — […]
A Teacher’s Letter To The General Assembly, Part ...
Part two of teacher Joel Orr’s correspondence with the NC GA: Dear Members of the NC General Assembly, So I was flipping through the House budget proposal that started popping up on local news sites Friday, and I noticed a section within the proposal that struck me as ironic and frighteningly hilarious. It begins on […]