Long time readers will remember my preoccupation with North Carolina, particularly in regards to its educational community. A reader points at the latest on that troubled relationship via The Progressive Pulse:
On May 1, thousands of educators and public education advocates flooded the streets of Raleigh to demand additional resources for North Carolina’s public schools. Organizers from the North Carolina Association of Educators outlined five policy priorities:
- Provide enough school librarians, psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and other health professionals to meet national standards.
- Provide $15 minimum wage for all school personnel, 5% raise for all public school personnel, and a 5% cost of living adjustment for retirees.
- Expand Medicaid to improve the health of our students and families.
- Reinstate state retiree health benefits eliminated by the General Assembly in 2017.
- Restore advanced degree compensation stripped by the General Assembly in 2013.
And did the Legislature begin working on passing bills to satisfy those demands? Not so much. Looks to me like the educational community is maneuvering to strike.
