During his oversight of the Leandro case, Judge David Lee failed to scrutinize the comprehensive remedial plan that bears his signature. The remedial plan formulated by California-based consultant WestEd would necessitate billions…
The largest increase in Cooper's proposed state appropriations would be for employee salaries and benefits. Cooper's proposal does not provide price tags for Leandro or Medicaid expansion. Cooper would also…
Not even an average teacher pay raise of 7 percent is deemed enough by the Big Education status quo monopoly. No, instead, the head of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro public school…
Mathematica Policy Research and the U.S. Department of Education conducted a study of Teach for America (TFA) and Teaching Fellows programs. They released study results today. In “The Effectiveness of…
Here is a short summary of the public education budget proposed by Governor McCrory today: Teachers. Governor McCrory’s budget would increase the number of teachers by 1,800 over two years…
The final budget document is still not available. Here are some notes from the press conference: Teaching Fellows money out Eugenics compensation out $251 Million restored to education Tax credit…
View in your browser. Welcome The Senate released its proposed budget this week. This week’s CommenTerry focuses on the K-12 education portion of the budget proposal. Bulletin Board The North…
View in your browser. Welcome It’s budget time! The House released its proposed budget last week and will vote on it this week. This week’s CommenTerry focuses on the K-12…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education released their budget recommendations this morning. The bottom line is that the proposal would increase the education budget from $7,444,122,100 approved in 2011 to…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education released their budget recommendations this morning. It includes the following recommendations: – a significant reduction in the “LEA adjustment” or “discretionary reduction,” funds that…
View in your browser. Welcome Earlier this month, the NC Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education presented their supplemental budget requests for 2012-2013. In this week’s…
Don’t read the News & Observer’s article on the N.C. Teaching Fellows program. Here is the summary: the program is wonderful, sublime, and marvelous, but program fellows are victims of…