Merit-based teacher pay rewards excellence and encourages outstanding teachers to enter and remain in the profession
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, North Carolina Senate leaders unveiled their proposed state budget. Governor Cooper will be under pressure to sign the final version because Medicaid expansion, a bill he signed earlier this year, is tied to passing a budget.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, and the North Carolina Senate is scheduled to release its version next before the two chambers meet to establish a conference budget
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An N.C. House standing committee first met in January to discuss ways to improve K-12 public education. This week, the committee approved its final set of recommendations.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, the State Board of Education approved a resolution to move ahead with a framework to create a new way to license and pay teachers. Currently teachers are paid based on their years of experience.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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This week, the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC), a commission created by legislation in 2017 to advise the State Board of Education on establishing high standards for educators, presented a comprehensive teacher pay proposal
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chad Adelman and Katherine Silberstein of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University seem to think so. That’s the topic they tackle in a new Edunomics brief.
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 1:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The new state budget provides an increase of 1.3 percent for each step of the salary schedule. In addition to several bonuses the budget also gives teachers an average 5 percent pay raise over two years.
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2022 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, was joined by House budget chairs Monday, Aug. 9, for a news conference outlining the chamber’s biennial proposal.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 3:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"This surplus came largely out of the pockets of North Carolina citizens and they deserve to see some of it returned to them."
Published: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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2020 has been a tough year for North Carolina public schools.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 12:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2020 @ 4:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Every February, the Information Analysis section of the Division of School Business at the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes “Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget.”
Published: Thursday, May 28th, 2020 @ 7:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The General Assembly met yesterday for a one-day session on the state budget.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2020 @ 2:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On July 25, 2017, Governor Roy Cooper announced the creation of the Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education.
Published: Friday, July 5th, 2019 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Senate passed a $24 billion General Fund spending plan without debate. The House took nearly an hour Thursday, June 27, before following suit and approving the 2019-21 compromise proposal, House Bill 966.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 4:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill allowing retired teachers to return to the classroom unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday, May 8.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In any human enterprise as complex, varied, and challenging as education, we shouldn't expect a great deal of consensus, much less unanimity
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 9:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new bipartisan bill would restore master's degree and doctoral pay for some public school teachers in the state.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 1:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The final day of a sometimes divisive election year legislative session ended with bipartisan back slaps, and emotional farewell speeches injected with folksy humor, good-natured jabs, reminiscence, and heartfelt thanks from those who will not return next year
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Discussions around the revised 2018-19 budget have often focused on K-12 education spending
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $23.9 billion balanced budget adjustment with bipartisan support yesterday, Thursday, May 31, 2018
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:43 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Five years ago, Senate Republicans made a promise to dramatically raise teacher pay in North Carolina. We've kept that promise. Moreover, the numbers speak for themselves
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:35 am
By: Bill Cook
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Ed School Enrollment and the Limits of Public Policy
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should public schoolteachers be compensated as professionals? All four panelists at a recent "Hometown Debate" staged at the Old Post Office Playhouse in Newton agreed that teachers should, indeed, be treated this way
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2017 @ 4:07 pm
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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The House Education Budget is Pretty Good
Published: Thursday, July 6th, 2017 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) voted today in support of the final budget compromise with the House of Representatives
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Gov. Roy Cooper is calling on rank-and-file Republicans to go toe-to-toe with legislative leaders in budget negotiations
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate passed a $22.9 billion balanced budget Friday, May 12, 2017
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2017 @ 10:39 am
By: Bill Cook
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A host of luminaries led by UNC system President Margaret Spellings used a Thursday press conference to announce a newly branded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 9:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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