Opinion
Don’t backslide on teacher pay reform
Restoring teacher-pay bumps for graduate degrees would be a triumph of special-interest pressure over sound policy, of image over substance, of hope over experience.
The legislature's strategy for reforming teacher compensation is based on solid empirical evidence and focused squarely on the ultimate goal of maximizing student success.
North Carolina now features a shrill and relentless rhetorical war on social science by political liberals and Democratic politicians.
North Carolina’s current teacher-salary schedule spends too much money rewarding longevity and credentials and too little money rewarding effort and excellence.