News clips that mention NCAE, our state leaders, and members.
Week of June 9-15
- June 11 – NCAE launches ‘Truth Tour” to expose lawmakers’ budget ‘misrepresentations’
- June 11 — (Education Week, WSOC Charlotte, U.S. News & World Report, WRAL.com, Houston Chronicle) NC teachers group unhappy with legislative budget proposals
- June 11 — NC needs to dramatically expand early childhood education…the genuine kind
- June 11 —(Glide Magazine)Hiss Golden Messenger Announces New Album ‘Terms of Surrender” & Releases New Red For Ed …
- June 12 — Cumberland County Schools supporters requesting larger budget
- June 12 — (Jam Base)Hiss Golden Messenger Announces New Album ‘Terms Of Surrender’ & Shares Single
- June 13 — Teachers demand better funding
- June 13 — (North State Journal) NC teachers group unhappy with legislative budget proposals
- June 13 — Guilford Sheriff Danny Rogers withdraws support of immigration proposal by NC Sheriffs’ Association
- June 13 — WNC educators hold Education Truth Tour
- June 13 — Teachers in the east still fighting for adequate funding for public schools across NC
- June 13 — NC Sheriff’s Association now supports controversial immigration bill
- June 13 –(Indy Week) Hiss Golden Messenger Needs a Teacher (and Your Preorder for His New Album)
- June 13 — Guilford schools might face budget choice: salary increases or other district priorities
- June 14 — ‘Education Truth Tour’ stops in Wilmington
- June 14 — Educators: ‘Not a question’ that public education is underfunded
- June 14 — More than a dozen local teacher licenses at risk if North Carolina bill fails
- June 14 — Teachers demand better funding
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Charlotte:
Total Local Viewership: 1,595
Raleigh:
Associated Press: “NC teachers group unhappy with legislative budget proposals”
Asheville:
WLOS: “WNC educators hold Education Truth Tour”
Total Local Viewership: 308,595
Greenville:
Greenville Daily Reflector: “Teachers demand better funding”
WNCT-TV (CBS): “NC Teachers Fight For Adequate School Funding”
WCTI-TV (ABC): “Public school teachers speak out against state budget proposal”
TV Clips Report – WNCT (CBS) & WCTI (ABC)
Total Local Viewership: 151,920
Wilmington:
Wilmington Star News: “Education Truth Tour” stops in Wilmington
WWAY-TV (ABC): “EDUCATORS: ‘NOT A QUESTION’ THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDERFUNDED”
Wilmington Clips – WWAY-TV (2)
Total Local Viewership: 12,750
Week of June 2-8, 2019
- June 2 — NC says average teacher salary is $53975; many agree that figure’s inflated
- June 5 — Asheville City Schools names three new directors
- June 6 — JUSTIN PARMENTER: NC virtual pre-K pilot driven by stereotypes, not data
- June 7 — Graduation 2019: South Rowan High School scholarships
- June 7 — With growing calls for more mental health services, states tackle school counselor caseloads
Week of May 26-June 1, 2019
- May 26 — Brooks Jones: A gun in my classroom? No thanks. [FCAE member]
- May 26 — House budget delays raises till January because of ‘availability’ of funds
- May 29 — Senate budget flips script on raises for teachers, state workers
- May 29 — #RedforEd Teachers Lobbying to Increase Local Property Taxes in North Carolina
- May 30 — ‘It shouldn’t be a Democrat and Republican Issue:’ NCAE responds to budget proposals
- May 30 — NC Association of Educators blast state Senate’s two-year spending plan
- June 1 — NC says average teacher salary is $53975. Public School Forum calls that a ‘myth.’
Week of May 19-25, 2019
- May 21 — Wake GOP, most speakers say county’s proposed 10 percent tax hike is too high
- May 22 — Reece Gardner: Election and education updates
- May 23 — Teachers lauded for advanced degrees
- May 24 — Column: Why teachers care about Medicaid expansion
- May 24 — Public school teachers, support staff rally in Raleigh for additional funding, support
- May 24 — From 6750 nominees, these 10 ‘school heroes’ each will get $10000 from NC Lottery
- May 24 — To teach or to truck? It’s about more than just money
- May 25 — Source: Senate budget includes bigger raises for state employees, less for teachers
Week of May 12-18, 2019
- May 12 – Column: Partisanship made teacher rally less effective
- May 13 – Tough talks on budget loom
- May 13 – Greensboro Activists Bail Four Moms Out of Jail in Time for Mother’s Day: ‘We Cried With Them’
- May 14 – NCAE issues statement opposing controversial ICE bill
- May 15 – Poll shows voters concerned about environment, education spending
- May 15 – NC educators‘ demands: What they want and how lawmakers have responded
- May 16 – Tackling tough issues: Youth group hosts Rally for Humanity
- May 16 – Poll shows Voters concerned about Environment, Education Spending
- May 17 – The Week’s Top Stories on Policy Watch
Week of May 5-11, 2019
- May 5 – Charles Davenport Jr.: Do teachers, who are getting mediocre results, really deserve higher pay?
- May 6 – Vance County joins list of schools closed on May 1
- May 6 – Partisanship made teacher rally less effective