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NC Teacher Pay Breaks $50k, Cue The Complaining?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by A.P. Dillon

Teacher pay in the state of North Carolina has continually risen for the last four years and the average has now surpassed $50,000 a year, not including benefits. 
Cue the complaining from “non-partisan non-profit” outrage industry. Continue reading →

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Lt. Governor Forest Takes On NC Per Pupil Spending [Video]

Posted on August 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Various professional education protest groups (Aim Higher NC and their parent organization, Progress NC) have been up in arms for years about teacher pay and retention.

Now, these outfits are harping on per-pupil funding and supplies teachers buy out of their own pockets. Continue reading →

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NC Imports More Teachers Than Exports – #nced

Posted on March 31, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The refrain from groups using education as a their weapon of choice to beat the Republican led legislature over the head has been ‘teachers are leaving NC in droves’.

That turned out not to be true once the turnover report was unpacked…

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

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For $40K a Year, You Too Can Professional Protest For Education

Posted on January 31, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

For $4oK a year, you too can protest the republican legislature.. err, I mean protest for “education” and recruit others to help you.

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CMS Teachers Upset Commissioners Want New Term Length – #cms #nced

Posted on October 28, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

According to the Charlotte Observer, teachers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools (CMS) are mad the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Commissioners want to increase their term limit. The board wants to change their term limit from 2 years to 4 years.

While this Commissioner board term limit change is arguably worth protesting, it’s not the real reason. To borrow from Mr. Alinsky, “The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.”

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FayObserver Cites Progress NC’s Protest Astroturf Group As ‘Teachers’

Posted on October 21, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Aim Higher Now, the Progress NC astroturf protest outfit, held a protest where about all of 6 people showed up.

FayObserver seems to lump Aim Higher and teachers together.

KEEP READING…
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