May 11, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: Teacher Rally Recap and Exploring the House BudgetThe school year may be nearing an end, but education policymaking is heating up in Raleigh. For the second year in a row, thousands of teachers marched and rallied outside the General Assembly. At the very same...
Apr 27, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: How Do We Keep Our Children Safe? The rate of teen suicide in North Carolina has doubled in the last 10 years. Self-harm among 10- to 14-year-old girls in the U.S. has nearly tripled since 2009. Nearly one in seven U.S. children and adolescents has a mental...
Apr 20, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: NC Teachers Marching Again On May 16th last year, nearly 20,000 North Carolina teachers descended on Raleigh for a march and rally outside the NC General Assembly asking for more support for public schools and respect for the teaching profession. Teachers are...
Apr 13, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: Expanding NC’s Teacher PipelineOur state’s public schools are facing critical teacher shortages and longer term teaching vacancies. At the same time, enrollment in the state’s teacher preparation programs continue to lag. In response, state leaders have been...
Apr 6, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: Talking Testing with Teacher LegislatorsThere appears to be a growing bipartisan consensus that we’re over-testing our state’s public school students. There’s also increasing scrutiny over how those standardized tests are being used to assign A-F letter grades...
Mar 30, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: One-on-One with NC Governor Roy CooperTwo years ago, Roy Cooper was elected Governor of North Carolina as a champion for teachers and public schools. He’s just unveiled his proposed state budget to a more balanced General Assembly than the Republican...
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