Broken salary schedule –> Broken teacher pipeline
Wonder why our teacher pipeline is broken? Watch the devolution of the NC teacher salary schedule's purchasing power. Real numbers tell the real story. Visit NCTeacherTax.com to learn more. https://videopress.com/v/EiWicupV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&loop=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Comparing teacher salary schedule proposals: Version 2
Yesterday the House released its salary schedule proposal for the 2023-24 school year. Which salary schedule below follows our state motto with an effective effort to recruit and retain teachers? Esse quam videri: To be rather than to seem Based on the proposal below, parents like me want to know why the NC House doesn't... Continue Reading →
NC’s “Teacher Tax” – The data driving folks away from the profession
How much have you, or a teacher in your life, sacrificed to NC classrooms in lost wages compared to the purchasing power of the salary schedule in the year they "signed up" for or was once offered in 2007-08 before the Great Recession? Derek Scott and I partnered on a project to help folks quantify... Continue Reading →
Comparing Teacher Salary Schedule Proposals: Version 1
Current salary steps are on average 17% behind the purchasing power previously offered by our state. There was no teacher shortage at that time. In fact, when I moved to NC in 2007 it took me over 6 months to find a teaching job in NC despite applying across 5 districts, 2 years of teaching... Continue Reading →
It’s Bucking Bull: NC Teacher Shortage Explained
https://videopress.com/v/Op9pKTSJ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The NC teacher pipeline has been, and continues to be, broken by elected officials who actively undermine our public schools.They want to replace our public schools with a system of privately managed charters as was done in New Orleans after Katrina. Or worse, throw in the towel on a system of publicly funded schools... Continue Reading →
1 year later, NC teacher pipeline fixes are still as easy as ABC
Last year when the PEPSC/SREB licensure proposal was first unveiled, I wrote a solution-oriented alternative to what I believed would more effectively address the NC teacher pipeline issue. You can read the original post here. If you haven't been following this issue for the last year, I encourage you to read the original post first... Continue Reading →
What will Treasurer Folwell’s latest health plan disruption cost members?
According to this Raleigh News & Observer article, we'll find out over a year from now before fall open enrollment in 2024 just what the change in health plan administration from Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC to Aetna will cost members in terms of plan benefits, coverage, access to current providers, treatment paths, etc.... Continue Reading →
NC argues to overturn its own contribution to the courts in Moore v Harper
235 years separate Moore v Moore: the role of judicial review in North Carolina
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