From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 681: The National Education Association recently released a report ranking North Carolina No. 41 in average teacher pay. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s director of research and education studies, says a cost-of-living adjustment pushes that ranking up to No. 33. Stoops says factoring in years of experience would push North Carolina even closer to the national average. Stoops dissects the latest national teacher pay data.
Placing N.C. teacher pay rankings in context
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