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Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2026 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Steed
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As families and children enter a new school year, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching new public service announcements to showcase how communities across the state rely on early childhood teachers.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 10:12 am
By: ENC NOW
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North Carolina is making it easier for aspiring and current early childhood teachers to get classroom experience and college credit to meet the state’s growing child care needs.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 5:49 pm
By: ENC NOW
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SECU Joins North Carolina Governor’s Office for School Supply Drive to Benefit Teachers and Students275 SECU branches statewide serving as collection sites for supplies
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 4:03 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Accuracy in Media released a new video earlier this week where school officials in North Carolina described how teachers and staff were still able to teach many of the CRT concepts, despite strong opposition from the public and parents.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: On May 23, Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to all state legislators in the House and Senate urging them to make meaningful investments in North Carolina’s public schools, students and teachers and stop their plans to dismantle public education
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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A North Carolina teacher association provides resources to local schools and daycares on introducing radical gender theory to young children.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 11:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A new Civitas Poll of North Carolina parents has new information on their views of teachers and what is happening in the classroom
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2022 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Grant support to boost compensation for North Carolina’s early care and learning teachers and staff will continue through December 2023, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced today.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2022 @ 1:36 am
By: ENC NOW
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Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses a proposal to change the way North Carolina pays public school teachers.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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My colleague Terry Stoops and I have frequently railed about how North Carolina pays teachers based largely on years of service and not on results in the classroom.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 2:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an op-ed published in major newspapers across the state in December, North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) President Tamika Walker Kelly urged teachers to initiate local protests and disruptions to address the so-called “educator exodus” and “staff vacancy crisis” in NC schools.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 11:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s self-described teachers’ union still has clout with many Democratic lawmakers in the legislature, but its influence — and popularity — with teachers and everyday North Carolinians appears to be waning.
Published: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 @ 3:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A North Carolina county is insisting that its local school board institute a policy that would discipline or fire teachers if they assert that the American Founders were not heroes, if they make statements undermining the Constitution, or if they assert that racism is endemic in America.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 12:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Space Exploration Bundles Awarded to Four Schools in Hickory, Burke, Pitt, and Union Counties
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 4:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper Announces Professional Development Grants to Teachers in Cumberland, Lincoln, and Durham Counties
Published: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 @ 2:53 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will be expanding access to COVID-19 rapid testing in K-12 public schools to protect students, teachers and staff from COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 4:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 4th Annual Governor’s School Supply Drive is being extended to encourage more donations for supplies to support North Carolina students and teachers.
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 4:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper is the classic "do as a say not as a do" politician.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2020 @ 12:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is expanding the Hope4Healers Helpline (919-226-2002) to serve North Carolina’s teachers, school personnel and their families.
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 12:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Association of Educators issues a press release in response to Senate Bill 818, which would grant teachers an experienced-based “step” increase and a $350 bonus.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 @ 11:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 4 - May 8 Teacher Appreciation Week in North Carolina to recognize the significant impact teachers make on our children and our state’s future.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 8:01 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is providing financial assistance to help essential workers afford child care and bonuses to child care teachers and staff who provide care during the COVID-19 crisis.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina teachers and other state employees won’t pay out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatments through June 1.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 6:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina ranks 12th in the nation for how it prepares teachers to teach children to read, a new report shows.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 @ 11:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday The Raleigh News and Observer ran an article titled, North Carolina teachers may go on strike for higher pay and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina should make it easier for public school teachers to grow professionally, and for principals to spend money and direct personnel as they see fit, a pivotal new education report says.
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 @ 12:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper called on legislators to stand with him and North Carolina’s teachers to demand negotiations on a real pay raise for all educators on the state payroll.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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As legislative Republicans refuse to compromise with Governor Roy Cooper, another week has passed without a raise for North Carolina teachers.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 11:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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Three North Carolina teachers will get Governor’s Educator Discovery Awards to help strengthen their work in the classroom, Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education announced.
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 @ 12:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
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About this time last year, progressive activists and Democratic politicians were trumpeting the news that North Carolina was 49th in the country in friendliness to teachers, according to a study by the website WalletHub.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Many North Carolina teachers head back to school this week to prepare for the first day of class. Unfortunately, these hardworking teachers have not received a state pay raise this year because Republican stalling is holding up budget negotiations.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2019 @ 3:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Business Committee for Education announced the second round of teachers to receive the Governor’s Educator Discovery Award.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Monday, March 25, 2019, North Carolina middle school teachers will learn how to connect classroom teaching to STEM careers at the second-annual emPowering STEM Classroom to Career Conference, held at the GSK headquarters in Research Triangle Park.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 8:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Health Plan provides health care coverage to more than 720,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, and their dependents.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new program will help North Carolina public school teachers get the training and experience they need to provide more opportunities for their students to learn about promising careers
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 2:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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More than 2,000 North Carolina elementary teachers have failed the math portion of their licensing exam since the state started using a new test in 2013. The test itself may be the problem
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 11:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether North Carolina pays its public schoolteachers at a level close or equal to the national average is one of the most-debated issues in state politics. Alas, it doesn't deserve to be
Published: Monday, July 2nd, 2018 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In May, about 19,000 North Carolina teachers gathered in Raleigh to “Rally for Respect,” an event organized by the N.C. Association of Educators.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2018 @ 11:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is holding a rally in Raleigh where the organization is having teachers meet to lobby legislators for higher salaries and more education funding
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 10:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A majority of North Carolina public school teachers think carrying a gun in the classroom is a bad idea, a recent Elon University Poll shows
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey gives educators the chance to be heard
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Middle school teachers from across the state will come together Thursday in RTP for a one-day professional development program to help connect classroom STEM learning with careers
Published: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 @ 9:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The State Board of Education received the 2016-17 State of the Teaching Profession in North Carolina report last week. The report summarizes the attrition and mobility of public school teachers between March 2016 and March 2017
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina continues to lead the nation in the number of teachers who have earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the highest credential in the teaching profession
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 2:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators and policy experts agree that North Carolina teachers need more pay. They disagree on how to dole out the money
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new initiative in North Carolina, Teaching Scholars Award Program, aims to encourage young teachers to work in rural areas in exchange for financial rewards and enrichment opportunities
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chronic absences are a problem in North Carolina's traditional public schools. Among teachers, not students
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 1:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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