Tag Archives: Teacher Pay

10% Pay Increase For All Teachers! – #StuffAtkinsonSays

Posted on February 2, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Last week, Dr. Atkinson jump started her relection campaign with a speech in front of the legislature’s House Select Committee on Education.

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Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), ELECTIONS, June Atkinson | Tagged #StuffAtkinsonSays, BEST NC, Teacher Pay | 2 Comments

What They’re Saying About Education In NC – 11/20/15 – #NCED

Posted on November 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

A round up of education news in the state of North Carolina and beyond.

Highlights: Snowflakes attack at UNC, WCPSS fight video, CMS’s changing Enrollment numbers, NCAE double dip and follow the NC Ed Money. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), NC Ed Updates | Tagged CMS, Education spending, NCAE, Per Pupil Spending, Teacher Pay, WCPSS | Comments Off

I Apparently Live Rent Free In Gerrick Brenner’s Head – #ncpol #nced

Posted on November 3, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Apparently, I am living rent free in someone’s head lately.

Living Rent Free In Someone’s Head. Interesting article. I’ll have a response. pic.twitter.com/aPyP0200pW

— A.P. Dillon – LL1885 (@LadyLiberty1885) November 3, 2015

Tons of cobwebs in there. Good times.

TommyLee ReallyThe article Brenner links to is an op-ed at News and Observer.

The long and short of the article being the same, tired and debunked narrative Brenner’s Progress NC has been pushing for the better part of the year — teachers are leaving because of pay!

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Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION | Tagged Progress NC, Teacher Pay, Teacher Turnover | 3 Comments

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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Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), EDUCATION, POLITICS NC, Protests | Tagged Aim Higher NC, CMS, Progress NC, Teacher Pay, WCPSS | Comments Off

Cumberland County Upset Their Supplement Isn’t As Big As Wake County’s

Posted on October 24, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

Cumberland County Schools is upset that their teacher salary supplement isn’t as big as Wake County’s.

So, the narrative we’ve heard from various sources is that North Carolina doesn’t pay it’s teacher enough. The untold part of that narrative is that the teacher supplemental pay is set by the individual districts.

Ok, so the teachers in Cumberland have a smaller supplement. The county sets that, so why not raise it? They have no problem paying their Superintendent generously, after all.

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