STOKES COUNTY, NC (WECT) — A teacher in Stokes County, North Carolina posted a picture of his paycheck on Facebook to bring awareness to creating fair teacher pay in the state. The post, which talks about how his take home pay last month was $1,715.81, has been shared over 1,200 times. Nick Cols said in…
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Cooper calls for freezing some tax cuts to give teachers raises
By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday called for freezing tax cuts supposed to take effect next year for businesses and wealthy individuals to free up money to give every public school teacher in North Carolina a raise of at least…
Organizer: Teacher rally will be ‘something Raleigh has never seen’
By Natalie Matthews, WRAL.com web editor, and Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL education reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — So far, 26 school districts across North Carolina have canceled classes next Wednesday as anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 teachers plan to march to the Legislative Building then rally on Bicentennial Plaza. Groups raise money to ensure Durham school students don’t…
‘Red for Ed’ movement kindles political fire in educators
By: Carmen Forman and Paulina Pineda Arizona Capitol Times May 10, 2018 Jennifer Samuels took a heightened interest in state politics last year when her representative, House Majority Leader John Allen, said teachers were taking second jobs so they could buy boats. Now, the eighth grade English teacher wants to teach him a lesson. Samuels, a Democrat,…
Classes cancelled May 16 so teachers can rally in Raleigh
Board Vice Chair Carolyn Carpenter and Chair Cindy Fertenbaugh discuss making Wednesday, May 16 an optional teacher workday. The Cabarrus County Board of Education made the decision during its work session on Monday, May 7. Erin Kidd May 10, 2018 CONCORD— Cabarrus County Schools added its name to the list of districts that will be…
State takeover of JCPS: What the audit says and the district has done
(Photo: Marty Pearl/Special to Courier Journal) Mandy McLaren, Louisville Courier JournalPublished 11:27 a.m. ET May 7, 2018 In recommending a state takeover of Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky’s education chief pointed to 10 main problem areas. Those problems, interim education commissioner Wayne Lewis says, show a pattern of widespread dysfunction continues to exist and can only be fixed through…
Alabama schools struggle with teacher diversity
By Trisha Powell Crain Updated Sep 5, 2017; Posted Jul 13, 2017 This is the latest story in our series Tackling the Gap: A Teacher’s Conversation. The gap between black and white students in Alabama is both large and persistent when it comes to the percentage scoring proficient on standardized tests. AL.com and Spaceship Media are facilitating an online conversation with Alabama teachers, exploring…
Arizona raises teachers’ pay after strike shuts schools
By ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 03, 2018 | 7:15 AM | PHOENIX Arizona lawmakers pulled an all-nighter to enact a budget Thursday that provides big raises for many of the state’s striking teachers, and Gov. Doug Ducey signed the teacher funding part while the House continued debating the rest of the state’s the $10.4-billion budget plan. The Senate passed the…
Arizona educators to continue walkouts Tuesday, Wednesday
BY KTAR.COM | APRIL 30, 2018 AT 5:21 PM UPDATED: MAY 1, 2018 AT 5:38 AM PHOENIX – After three days of walkouts by Arizona educators and supporters at the state Capitol, leaders of Arizona Educators United announced they would continue Tuesday and Wednesday. The walkouts started last Thursday, with more than 50,000 educators and supporters marching from…
Schools need more funds. What are we willing to sacrifice?
04/29/2018 10:01:21 PM MDT Despite what you may have heard, when RE-1 Valley and other area teachers joined the statewide walkout efforts Friday, rallying at the Logan County Courthouse, they weren’t there just because of their paychecks. We’d wager a guess that, while certainly teacher pay and PERA uncertainty were part of the motivation behind the…
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