- Teachers Talk: ‘We deserve a livable wage’CONCORD (April 4, 2024) – To Natalia Mejia, teachers should be treated like the professionals they are. In the latest installment of our Teachers Talk series, the ESL teacher at C.C. ...Read more
- Legislative epiphany: Teacher pay hasn’t kept upRALEIGH (March 28, 2024) – A state House committee acknowledged this week what was painfully clear even two years ago: North Carolina’s pay for teachers hasn’t kept up with inflation. The ...Read more
- ‘A teacher pay mess in North Carolina’KERNERSVILLE (March 6, 2024) – Stephanie Wallace is one masterful teacher. Wallace, who teaches English and Teacher Cadets at East Forsyth High School, has an amazing 180 former students who are ...Read more
- The imperative of a sound basic educationBy Deanna Townsend-Smith, Ed.D. RALEIGH (March 6, 2024) – Black History Month was an opportunity to reflect on the past and to imagine the possibility and benefits of maintaining a diverse society. It ...Read more
- Leandro: Remember the childrenRALEIGH (February 22, 2024) – In a lawsuit that’s lasted almost 30 years, lawyers argued before the NC Supreme Court today about lofty concepts like jurisdiction and who has authority ...Read more
- The ‘root cause’ of NC school troubles? PayDURHAM (February 15, 2024) – The tragic closures of Durham schools in recent weeks forced a superintendent and a CFO to resign, infuriated parents and damaged trust in the schools. Worst ...Read more
- Brad Wilson to NC teachers: “Thank you.”RALEIGH (February 7, 2024) – Blue Cross CEO Emeritus Brad Wilson has had a remarkable career in law, government, health care, academia and the nonprofit sector. Wilson’s dad was a state ...Read more
- BRAD WILSON: ‘Avenues of opportunity … for everyone’RALEIGH (January 17, 2024) – To former Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Brad Wilson, public education is simply fundamental – as a moral responsibility to our fellow citizens, to workforce ...Read more
- Wilson on vouchers: ‘We need to be very careful’RALEIGH (January 17, 2024) – State legislators like to shovel public dollars to private schools at the same time they short public schools. In the long-running Leandro case on state support ...Read more
- A generous boost to become teachersRALEIGH (January 10, 2024) – After North Carolina started this school year with 3,500 teacher vacancies – only because schools hired 1,400 more unlicensed teachers than the year before1 – ...Read more