this is a quote from an email I got from the NC superintendent of public schools: "While the end of the discretionary reduction represents a move in the right direction, I am troubled by the lack of progress on teacher pay. Having an excellent teacher for every classroom is essential. North Carolina teacher pay is dismal compared to the nation and to all of our bordering states. Starting teachers can earn $10,000 more per year in some of our neighbor states, while a teacher with six years of experience will make the same as a first-year teacher here in North Carolina. Why should these teachers stay in our state? Add to that the end of pay increases for master’s degrees beginning in 2014-15, and there is even less incentive to work in North Carolina’s public school classrooms. We must quit talking about the goal of bringing our teacher pay to the best in the nation and start putting action behind those words." This is the kind of crap that is making public education what it is which is a joke. It is really sad how little our nation seems to value the education of our children. Every state is in a public education crisis some are just worse off than others. Maybe the lawmakers should start actually attempting to understand what goes on in the classroom instead of assuming that we all have such an easy job. I am so sick of people that have no clue what it takes to be an educator act as if our salary is good enough because we get summers and weekends "off" and all we do is play with kids all day. I guarantee that most people could NOT walk into my classroom and do what I do everyday. I love teaching, I love my students, but I also have bills to pay and would love for the government to start giving us a reason to stay in this profession. END RANT.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:07:32 +0000
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