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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers included a new $100 million fund in the state budget to increase teacher pay supplements in low-wealth counties that are unable to match higher salaries in wealthier counties.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has been 52 days since Governor Roy Cooper sent Republican leaders a balanced budget compromise offer that included an 8.5% teacher pay raise that would keep North Carolina competitive in teacher salaries.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 11:23 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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The average salary of a public schoolteacher in North Carolina was about $54,000 last year, up 20 percent since 2014. That was one of the largest increases in the nation.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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While teacher salaries generally dominate employee benefit discussions during budget debates, other state employees stand to receive higher pay. But the House, Senate, and Gov. Roy Cooper all have different notions about how much to increase compensation
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 3:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced a multi-year investment in North Carolina teachers that would raise teacher salaries to first in the Southeast in three years and at least the national average in five years
Published: Monday, February 27th, 2017 @ 9:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Pat McCrory called on lawmakers to honor a promise to increase starting teacher salaries to $35,000 and included salary boosts for state troopers and corrections officers Thursday as he unveiled his $21.5 billion General Fund budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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One quality that makes charter and private schools effective in educating children is their ability to operate efficiently.
Published: Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 @ 8:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Teacher pay is a topic that has dominated the education landscape in North Carolina for most of the past year.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 9:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Senate Budget Plan Includes Largest Teacher Pay Raise in State History North Carolina's state Senate last night released its proposed changes to the second year of the 2013-15 biennial budget.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you like your teacher tenure plan, you can keep your teacher tenure plan, Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, told educators at a Wednesday press conference. Just don't expect a pay raise.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week Gov. McCrory, Lt. Gov. Forest, House Speaker Tillis, and I announced our plan to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis announced on Monday a unified strategy to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1) announced today his support for a plan unveiled by Gov. Pat McCrory, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis to make North Carolina’s starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Bill Cook
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In part I of this two-part series on the shape and direction of education reform in North Carolina, we looked behind the education budget numbers. Now in Part II we discuss this year's legislative steps to address concerns about student achievement, teacher salaries and school vouchers.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 11:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I was out at a social gathering last night, when I overheard a conversation that bothered me. These were some folks I know - low info voters who are moderate to conservative in their politics - who I know voted for Pat McCrory in 2012.
Published: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 @ 8:52 am
By: Brant Clifton
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