Rules Lead to Waste and More Changes are on the Way (RAEFORD) - Hoke County Schools Assistant Superintendent Bob Barnes is telling the media the pre-K student who was forced to ... Keep Reading
Issues
NCAE Continues to Muddy the Waters
There they go again: The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) continues to pump out misleading claims about Civitas and the state's public school system. Last month’s ... Keep Reading
State Inspectors Searching Children’s Lunch Boxes: “This Isn’t China, Is It?”
A mother in Hoke County complains her daughter was forced to eat a school lunch because a government inspector determined her home-made lunch did not meet nutrition requirements. ... Keep Reading
NCAE Misses the Mark, Again
The February 6 Daily Political Briefing by the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) resorts to misleading statements about teacher pay in an unsuccessful attempt to ... Keep Reading
Public Financing for Candidates Drying Up
State public campaign funding for key races is drying up, a situation with significant implications for a number of candidates in this coming election season. The funding for ... Keep Reading
Behind the DPI School Personnel Numbers
The Department of Public Instruction has released the final public school personnel [1] figures for 2011-12. Last week we posted preliminary school personnel data on the Civitas ... Keep Reading
Gov. Perdue’s Tax Increase for Schools: A Bad Idea at a Bad Time
Yesterday, Gov. Perdue released a statement supporting a three-quarters-of-one- cent increase in the state sales tax to stop what she says are “deep and unnecessary cuts to public ... Keep Reading
Preliminary DPI Personnel Data Shows Increase in State-Supported Education Jobs
Preliminary DPI Personnel Data Shows Increase in State-Supported Education Personnel Preliminary public school personnel data from the Department of Public Instruction shows ... Keep Reading
NCAE: A Giant Chasm Between Rhetoric and Reality
NCAE: A Giant Chasm Between Rhetoric and Reality Last week the North Carolina General Assembly successfully overrode Gov. Perdue’s veto of SB 727- No Dues Checkoff for ... Keep Reading
House Votes to End Dues Check Off Benefit for NCAE
Late last night, amidst legislative maneuvering and name calling, House Republicans overrode Governor Perdue’s veto of SB-727 and voted to stop the state from collecting membership ... Keep Reading
