Instead of divisive vitriol, our educators and children need support and resources, not political games that only use them as pawns rather than building them up in order to thrive.
Moore County’s contentious race is just one of many counties in North Carolina where the radical right seeks to control what our children are allowed to learn.
The North Carolina Association of Educators have spoken against a controversial measure aimed at overhauling the way teachers are promoted and paid in North Carolina.
New Hanover County Republican school board member Pete Wildeboer questioned the county’s social studies curriculum, specifically regarding how the 1898 Wilmington Massacre is taught.
“What’s going to happen is we’re going to have accidents with these guns,” said UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education professor Dorothy Espelage.
North Carolina teachers need real pay raises, good benefits and incentives. The state needs to properly fund schools and Republicans need to stop treating education as a political game.
For over a decade, North Carolina public schools have been underfunded. State courts have ruled multiple times that the legislature must increase school funding.
An anti-CRT Johnston County school board member – and Smithfield police officer who was suspended during an internal investigation – is now refusing to resign from his seat after announcing he would.
Beginning teachers in Alabama will earn 17% more than new teachers in NC and teachers with 35+ years of experience will earn 23 percent more than those with the same experience here.
Where races are being held, voters can vote early now through July 23. For those who are unable to make it out to vote early, general elections will be held on Election Day – July 26.