With the Wake County Board of Education now considering a budget for the state's largest school system, the air is rife with talk about budget reductions and how Wake County ... Keep Reading
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More Facts on Education Spending and Jobs
For those who disagree with the figures on public school spending in NCRealSolutions, here are a few facts to consider: $7.1 billion –State Appropriations for public education ... Keep Reading
Tillis’ flip on Teaching Fellows turns heads.
“I am convinced it is a good program.” Those are the comments of House speaker Tom Tillis who raised the eye brows of conservatives last Friday when he said law makers were ... Keep Reading
Another look at DPI job loss numbers
Much is being made out of the DPI’s release of a document indicating that since 2008-09 North Carolina public schools have laid off about 6,100 individuals. The numbers are from ... Keep Reading
House Budget: SBE Controls Furloughs
The House budget includes a provision (See Section 29.16a of House Budget Bill ) which makes the State Board of Education – not local boards of education – responsible for ... Keep Reading
Saving jobs that haven’t been lost
Interesting how we’re now learning that the $300 million in federal money North Carolina is receiving to save teacher jobs might not be used to save teacher jobs. Why? The ... Keep Reading
The real cost of federal bailouts
Congress is moving ahead with a $26 billion bailout bill that pays for extra Medicaid expenses and protects teacher jobs. According to the Department of Public Instruction, North ... Keep Reading
Bailouts R’ Us
The latest $26 billion federal bailout package passed yesterday claims it will protect another 4,500 teaching jobs in North Carolina. If you remember, earlier this year Gov. ... Keep Reading
