RALEIGH (February 7, 2024) – Blue Cross CEO Emeritus Brad Wilson has had a remarkable career in law, government, health care, academia and the nonprofit sector. Wilson’s dad was a state trooper – and he occasionally was transferred as Brad made his way through school. So he experienced several North Carolina school systems – and… READ MORE
A generous boost to become teachers
RALEIGH (January 10, 2024) – After North Carolina started this school year with 3,500 teacher vacancies – only because schools hired 1,400 more unlicensed teachers than the year before1 – the state struggles to refill its teacher pipeline. But a state commission just gave 130 students a generous boost to become teachers. The NC Teaching… READ MORE
NC teacher pay: ‘My heart breaks’
RALEIGH (October 24, 2023) – “My heart breaks.” That phrase was repeated more than once in a recent discussion of teacher pay and recruitment in North Carolina. The forum at Meredith College was the third in a four-week series of Home Town Debates on education topics sponsored by Spectrum News and the NC Institute of… READ MORE
7% over two years? Simply not enough.
RALEIGH (September 22, 2023) – It’s simply not enough. At a time when North Carolina children started school with 3,500 teaching positions vacant and with more than 20% of state jobs vacant,1 state legislators approved a budget today – almost three months late – that provides teachers and state employees raises of 4% this year… READ MORE
Teachers in peril
CHAPEL HILL (August 31, 2023) – If the killing of a professor by one of his students Monday at UNC-Chapel Hill tells us nothing else, it tells us how treacherous teaching has become in this country. We still don’t know the shooter’s motives. We still don’t fully know whether the shooter intended to kill more… READ MORE
Tardy
RALEIGH (August 16, 2023) – Here we go again. A year ago, North Carolina students – our most precious resource – started school with 5,000 teacher positions vacant across the state. A year later, with school to start in two weeks, it appears our children are about to do the same. In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools alone,… READ MORE
State Board Chair: ‘A critical time’ for public education
CHARLOTTE (July 26, 2023) – With the state budget for the next two years still unsettled, the Chair of the State Board of Education says it’s a critical time to tell legislators to support public education. “A budget really speaks to our values,” State Board Chair Eric Davis says in the accompanying video. NC House… READ MORE
State Board Chair: ‘We need salaries that are competitive’
CHARLOTTE (July 20, 2023) – The Chair of the State Board of Education appreciates North Carolina teachers. And as legislators continue to dicker over the state budget, he says they need to pay teachers better. “Most of all, we need to compensate them worthy of the profession that all other professions depend upon,” State Board… READ MORE
Teachers: You can grow your own
DENVER, NC – North Carolina has a severe teacher shortage – the state started the school year more than 5,000 teachers short.1 But some places have learned you can grow your own. In a webinar hosted by Higher Ed Works on May 16, Rachel Frye, the Southwest NC Teacher of the Year at East Lincoln… READ MORE
NC teacher pay: ‘Simply not competitive’
CLICK HERE to view the full webinar on Fair Pay for NC K-12 Teachers RALEIGH (June 8, 2023) – When she won a North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship to become a teacher in 1998, Rachel Frye felt valued by the state of North Carolina. But after 21 years in teaching, Frye says in webinar on… READ MORE
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