Interpreting the statute to allow work stoppages whenever demands are framed as legislative rather than managerial would create a loophole that swallows the rule.
More than half of teachers say their local school district is headed in the right direction, according to a recent survey of teachers by the school-choice advocacy organization EdChoice. That optimism level is up 12 points from last spring.
There was a small but notable improvement in teacher attrition rates within public school districts during the 2023-24 academic year, according to new data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The latest “State of the Teaching Profession” report, which was presented to the State Board of Education on April 2, shows the teacher attrition rate...
Chiefly, the bill increases punishment for “felonious assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious injury,” raising the punishment from a Class E to Class D felony for assaulting a police officer or teacher.
A measure introduced in the North Carolina House would expand transparency requirements in public schools, including by requiring teachers to post lesson plans online for easy access by parents. Filed on May 2, House Bill 1032, Academic Transparency, requires that lesson plans be posted online no later than 10 days after the lessons are handed out....
North Carolina’s attrition rate for public school teachers ticked up last school year but remains below the national average, according to a new report presented to the North Carolina State Board of Education on Wednesday.
The Tar Heel State’s budget for the new biennium includes $100 million in supplemental pay for public school teachers in some of the state’s smallest, poorest counties. The supplemental pay is valued at up to $4,250 per teacher but the exact value differs significantly across counties. The state’s larger, wealthier counties — including Wake, Mecklenburg,...
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced Tuesday, March 16, the creation of a task force dedicated to giving “students, parents, and school faculty a voice to speak out about cases of bias, inappropriate materials, or indoctrination they see or experience in public schools.” The F.A.C.T.S task force — standing for Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom...
Republicans last overrode a Cooper veto in August of 2018, on a bill dealing with judicial elections.
The opening of schools feels like one of those seminal moments that cry for leadership.
In February 2019, after months of negotiation, Western North Carolina’s Mission Hospital was sold to HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital company. HCA Healthcare owns 184 hospitals across the U.S. and United Kingdom. Mission is its first hospital in North Carolina. After the sale, complaints from residents were filed in the attorney general’s office, and, on Feb....
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