February 26 to March 2 is Public Schools Week 2024! In NC, nearly 90% of our K-12 Students Are Enrolled in Public Schools – one of the highest percentages in the nation! Throughout our state, there are about 2700 public schools and more than 1.5 million students! Why are Public Schools Important? Public schools unite us […]
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Expanding Vouchers = More Tests for NC Public School Studen...
North Carolina’s voucher program has been criticized for its lack of accountability. The Opportunity Scholarship and ESA+ programs come with little financial oversight, no curriculum or content standards requirements, no educational or credential requirements for teachers, and no publicly available student performance testing data. Since 1992, NC public school students in grades 3-8 take the […]
Poor track record? No proble...
Approving Charter Applications Despite Poor Track Record The Charter School Review Board, empowered by House Bill 618 with a name change and the new authority, previously held by the State Board of Education, to approve charter school applications has wasted no time. In October, it voted to overturn the State Board’s previous decision to deny American Leadership Academy (ALA) – Monroe’s […]
Teacher Pay Penalty: How Bad Is It and Why Is SC Bette...
Last week the Economic Policy Institute released its annual analysis of teacher pay as compared to other professions with similar levels of education and found that the teaching pay penalty is continuing to grow. Using the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the report analyzes salaries for college graduates from 1979 through […]