Wake County leaders want to build affordable housing for teachers and public school employees. The idea was presented earlier this week to a joint meeting of the Wake County School…
After months of negotiations, House and Senate leaders claim to have reached a budget compromise that includes an average 8% teacher pay raise — one of the largest proposed increases…
Teacher pay has been much in the news lately. Thousands of North Carolina teachers are supposed to descend on Raleigh next Friday to protest no state budget and lobby for…
With just two weeks remaining before election day, the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction is still undecided. According to the October Carolina Journal Poll (formerly Civitas Poll), Democratic…
James Cirrone writes for DailyMail.com about the latest demands from Chicago’s public school teachers union. The Chicago Teachers Union’s contract is set to expire in June which will soon prompt…
Bella DiMarco, a policy analyst at FutureEd, an education think tank affiliated with Georgetown University, has written an informative report on how North Carolina schools, are spending local ESSER funds. …
Finally. The Republican conference budget proposal was finally released earlier today. I’m sure readers are aware of the infighting among Republican lawmakers regarding casino legislation and Medicaid expansion. There will…
The North Carolina House, Senate, and governor have each released their budget proposals for the upcoming biennium. The price tags, tax cuts, teacher pay increases, and savings from these budgets…
Governor Cooper released his budget recommendations earlier today (you can find it here). The spending is ambitious and, in some cases, eye-popping. The budget is largely a political document. Politicians…
Teacher pay; in North Carolina, it’s the topic that never goes away. Last week the State Board of Education, approved a resolution asking lawmakers to support teacher pay raises in…
At yesterday’s monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education, board members heard an update about the review of academic standards in the areas of Science and Healthful…
Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much…