Apr 11

Apr 11 John Hood: Sweat the details on teacher pay

The General Assembly ought to enact big pay increases for educators in North Carolina’s public schools. In the context of soaring prices, strong revenue collections, tight labor markets, and persistent vacancies in key teaching positions, it’s the right thing to do.

May 5

May 5 John Hood: There is no teacher-pay penalty

John Hood

Columns

Are nurse anesthetists overpaid by 74%? Are telemarketers underpaid by 25%? If you accept the standard statistical model used to defend huge and sweeping pay raises for public schoolteachers, then you pretty much have to accept these conclusions, too. They derive from the same set of data.

Apr 15

Apr 15 Travis Towne: It is time to reinstate advanced (6th year and doctoral) degree teacher pay

Dr. Travis Towne

Columns

As many teachers are intimately familiar with, in 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly froze teacher pay due to budgetary constraints and shortfalls. During this process, Session Law 2013-360 Senate Bill 402 Section 8.22 stated that