By Tom Campbell RALEIGH (November 14, 2024) – With the elections behind us, we need to shift our focus to North Carolina issues. Without question one of our highest priorities is helping our neighbors in Western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene. But there’s another perfect storm brewing – in public education. It is widely… READ MORE
Public dollars belong in public schools
RALEIGH (September 13, 2024) – Public dollars belong in public schools. So in what perverse world is it OK to divert hundreds of millions of tax dollars to private schools while denying inflation-adjusted raises to public school teachers? Apparently, it’s the peculiar world of the North Carolina General Assembly. Legislators voted this week to devote… READ MORE
Legislators can finish the job
RALEIGH (September 6, 2024) – When they return to Raleigh on Monday, state legislators have an opportunity – an opportunity to finish their job. Less than two months before Election Day – and with a billion-dollar surplus in hand – they can: Show they appreciate North Carolina teachers – who left classrooms at an alarming… READ MORE
Wake superintendent: Looking forward and leveling up on teacher pay in North Carolina
Dr. Robert P. Taylor Superintendent Wake County Public School System CARY (August 28, 2024) – The start of a new school year is always a time of excitement and promise. This year, as we welcome traditional calendar schools and students back to join our year-round schools already in session, there is even more reason than… READ MORE
Public education does the public good
RALEIGH (July 11, 2024) – Amid an intense discussion of education options in North Carolina, the NC School Boards Association launched a campaign this week with a simple message: Public education does the public good. It’s a clever play on words – public schools do thousands of good things in their communities. And in a… READ MORE
Mary Ann Wolf: Strengthen the educator pipeline
By Mary Ann Wolf Executive Director Public School Forum of NC RALEIGH (July 3, 2024) – This year, my youngest child, Andrew, graduated from high school. And, yes, I am feeling all of the pride and all of the empty-nest fears that go with that. However, the part of the graduation celebrations that struck me… READ MORE
Teaching a love of North Carolina
By Eric Johnson HARKERS ISLAND (July 3, 2024) – North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country, and that’s been true for a while now. Since 2020, we’ve attracted newcomers at the rate of about 99,000 a year — the equivalent of adding an Asheville every year, according to the number crunchers… READ MORE
Nonprofit urges support for better NC teacher pay
RALEIGH (May 10, 2024) – A new statewide campaign from a nonprofit group aims to build support for state legislators to significantly raise teacher pay in North Carolina. “North Carolinians value our teachers,” said Paul Fulton, Chair of Public Ed Works. “They are essential to our democracy and our economy. And they deserve our respect,… READ MORE
No. 1 in business, No. 38 in teacher pay
RALEIGH (May 8, 2024) – The good news: North Carolina is improving its pitiful starting pay for public school teachers. The bad news: North Carolina has still slipped compared to other states in average pay for all its teachers. It shouldn’t be one or the other that state legislators should emphasize – rather, they should… READ MORE
PAY our teachers!
RALEIGH (April 25, 2024) – The NC General Assembly is back this week for its so-called “short” session to make adjustments for the second year of the state budget. And boy, are there plenty of “adjustments” to make… The legislature’s analysts project a $1.4 billion revenue surplus for the 2024-25 budget year. But with federal… READ MORE
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