Mike Antonucci, veteran union reporter on The74 and elsewhere recently released his annual figures on changes in National Education Association (NEA) and NEA state affiliate ... Keep Reading
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Does NCAE Help or Harm?
NCAE is a state affiliate of the National Education Association NCAE works to sow division among educational stakeholders NCAE opposes school choice and other education ... Keep Reading
Red4EdNC and the Declaration Dud
Most teachers take summers off, but the teachers behind Red4EdNC continue to pressure the General Assembly for more funding for traditional public schools. I’m a teacher at a ... Keep Reading
The Problem with Average in Teacher Pay
By Leah Byers There are many problems with using the national average teacher pay as the sole benchmark of success in North Carolina. Instead of aiming for the ... Keep Reading
NCAE: questions on the horizon
On May 16th close to 19,000 teachers and educators came to Raleigh to lobby legislators for higher teacher salaries and additional funding for public education. The rally, ... Keep Reading
A Few Thoughts on Teachers I Met at the Walkout
I plan on writing a more extensive report on the teacher walkout in downtown Raleigh Wednesday for the June print edition of NC Capitol Connection. There will be more content on ... Keep Reading
Durham school board: NCAE rally trumps school
The Durham Herald Sun is reporting that the Durham School Board voted to close schools on May 16th so teachers can take the day-off and lobby legislators for better pay in ... Keep Reading
Getting the right question
Is $35,000 good money for first year teachers? That's the question State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson inadvertently set off earlier this week with his ... Keep Reading
NCAE Payroll Dues Deduction: Ignoring the problem is no solution.
The NCAE still refuses to disclose its membership numbers to the State Auditor Failing to meet legal requirements, NCAE should no longer receive state government dues deduction ... Keep Reading
Troubles Continue for NEA and NCAE
Yesterday our friend Mike Antonucci blogged on overall membership numbers for the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union in the country. The news was ... Keep Reading
