Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next?
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina is among nine states to win approval of its Excellent Educators for All plan by the U.S. Department of Education.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 9:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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For years, the N.C. State Board of Education has focused on producing "globally engaged" public school students. Admittedly, I have only a vague idea what "globally engaged" or similar terms mean, but I hear a lot about it in education circles. Sophisticated-sounding terms with the word...
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Kay Hagan's campaign and its trolls are all over social media trumpeting a report published in the Greensboro News & Record that says North Carolina "ranks as worst state for teachers."
Published: Friday, October 3rd, 2014 @ 1:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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As part of a campaign to inform employees and union workers of their rights, the Civitas Institute will be educating North Carolina teachers and other school employees about how they can give themselves an average $450 a year pay increase by leaving the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE)
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after signing charter school legislation into law.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Are teachers receiving a pay increase?
Published: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, in front of a packed crowd of educators and education leaders from across North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory formally launched the Governor's Teacher Network.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 2:06 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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As the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) holds its "School's Out" rally, the Civitas Institute puts the spotlight on the gulf between teacher's salaries and NCAE executives' salaries.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In February, I published a column titled, "Data Do Not Reflect Claims of Teacher Dissatisfaction," which pointed out that state and national data disagree with those who claim that the teaching profession is increasingly constrained and unhappy.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have NO PROBLEM with anything you say. I used to type up my mother's tests on that smelly alcohol duplicator stencil.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 6:41 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Liberal activist organizations are challenging two new laws. In North Carolina Association of Educators, et al, v. The State of North Carolina, the state's teachers union challenged recent changes to North Carolina's tenure (aka "career status") law.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Education leaders and some politicians for years have urged that pay for educators in North Carolina be at "the national average," a goal used for no other employment sector in the state as a metric to gauge the appropriateness of pay.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) issued the following joint statement today in response to yet another frivolous lawsuit filed by the North Carolina affiliate of the national teachers’ union.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Educators, wildlife officers, law enforcement officials and office workers were among the state employees from all across the state to be honored Tuesday afternoon with the Governor's Award for Excellence at a ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of History. Ten of the award recipients were ...
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 12:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state's largest teachers group - the N.C. Association of Educators - is saying that it is not connected to a proposed Nov.
Published: Friday, November 1st, 2013 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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News outlets and the blogosphere have been filled with stories and opinions concerning the so-called "Walk In" being staged Monday in support of teachers and our schools.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 @ 11:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Lou Stout, director of Occupational Extension and Human Resources Development at Beaufort County Community College, recently took the reins as president of a statewide association of adult educators.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 4:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's governor, and N.C. Association of Educators' campaign favorite, Bev Perdue, is currently recommending cutting next year's state education funding by 5 to 10 percent.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 @ 12:51 am
By: BCN
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