Two bills have recently been introduced to arm our public school teachers with guns.
We join most of North Carolina’s 110,000 educators in opposing arming educators.
Join us Wednesday, March 13th from 7 …
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State Board of Education Approves Sch...
The State Board of Education voted to transfer Carver Heights Elementary into the Innovative School District beginning in 2019-2020. Carver Heights Elementary is located in Goldsboro, NC. See the press …
Color of Education: An Evening With N...
On October 2, 2018 we attended the kick-off event of the “Color of Education” series that featured award-winning New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones. In this sold-out event, Nikole talked …
“The Color of Law”
School segregation is unfortunately on the rise in our public schools and is directly linked to patterns of residential segregation. In The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How …
2018-19 Budget Adjustments
2018-19 Biennial Budget Passed June 2018
The budget bill, SB 99, was released on the NCGA website on Monday, May 28. Because legislative leaders previously announced they will refuse any amendments, this …
Senate Bill Would Revise Principal Pa...
Senate Bill 718, titled Revise Principal Compensation, would make adjustments to the principal salary schedule.
The bill would accomplish the following:
Maintain principals’ current salary schedule for the 2018 school year.
For 2019, …
Gov. Cooper Released Budget Adjustmen...
Ahead of the 2018 legislative session, Governor Roy Cooper released his alterations to the budget. His budget priorities include the following:
All teachers would receive at least a 5% raise, with …
May 16 Advocacy Day
May 16th is the first day that the North Carolina General Assembly will be in session in 2018. We are calling for all NC public school employees to be there …
NEA Ranks NC 37th for Teacher Pay
According to estimates done by the National Education Association (NEA), North Carolina currently ranks 37th in the nation for average teacher pay. As more data becomes available, you may see …
Early Voting is April 19 – May ...
Early voting (or one-stop voting) is April 19 – May 5. This is the primary election, which will determine the candidates on the ballot for the general election on Election …
