Press Releases

With today’s announcement of Governor Cooper’s proposed budget, the North Carolina Association of Educators applauds the governor’s commitment to increasing support for public education.

The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has filed a lawsuit against the Gaston County Board of Education over payroll issues resulting in repeated, ongoing discrepancies in compensation and retirement and other deductions. The complaint names two plaintiffs along with NCAE who are representative of the countless public-school employees who haven’t been receiving the correct compensation for more than a year.

‘Blueprint for Action’ created by PEPSC falls far short of respecting teachers’ expertise, rewarding their time in the profession, offering support throughout their career, and recruiting and retaining educators of color.

NCAE celebrates Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court of North Carolina in ordering the legislature to transfer funds for the Leandro education plan

“Our students deserve honesty in education, rooted in facts and truth. Loving America and what it stands for means learning about our history, both good and bad. If we censor our history and ignore today’s challenges, we will never live up to our ideals of liberty and justice for all."

"We stand together during these difficult moments, sending love and healing thoughts to the victim's family, our fellow educators and school employees who without a doubt did everything possible to protect their students, and the entire community that has been wounded today."

Both the NC House & NC Senate have now passed state budget proposals which would cut corporate income taxes but do virtually nothing to address the state Supreme Court rulings meant to help rural school districts which struggle to recruit and retain qualified teachers.

"We are disappointed that both chambers continue to ignore the will of the public to invest the billions of dollars that are currently unspent in the state’s coffers, which could be put to work immediately addressing the needs of our schools. Our students need, and deserve, better.”

“On behalf of our students and educators we thank Governor Cooper for taking these commonsense steps to keep all North Carolinians as safe as possible from this increasingly dangerous Delta variant,” said Tamika Walker Kelly, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators.

"In the face of dramatically rising COVID infections among unvaccinated North Carolinians in the past several weeks due to the Delta variant, and schools preparing to open for the new school year, this seems a very poorly timed decision," said Tamika Walker Kelly, President of NCAE.