Tag Archives: NC Association of Educators

You have to hand it to the folks at WRAL.  They have spunk. After the release of Governor McCrory’s budget proposal, WRAL reporters ran over to the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) office for a response.  It’s not surprising that they interviewed Rodney Ellis, president of the NCAE.  But they also interviewed Rena Sutton. Continue Reading

In a recent interview, Rodney Ellis, President of the North Carolina Association of Educators, shared his thoughts on the upcoming school year. He is concerned that the state budget will force public school educators to endure much larger classes and absorb additional out-of-pocket expenses.  Indeed, Mr. Ellis predicts class sizes of 35 to 40 children. Continue Reading

The Education Intelligence Agency recently updated their official membership figures for the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and other National Education Association (NEA) state affiliates. During the 2010-2011 school year, the NCAE had 41,544 active members, a 7.6 percent decrease from the year before.  (Note: The membership decline preceded the elimination of the duesContinue Reading

Paul Peterson, William Howell, and Martin West have some bad news for the Left.  In a poll conducted by Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, positive view of unions dropped to 22% in 2012 from 29% in 2011.  For proponents of organized labor, it gets worse.  The authorsContinue Reading

In an editorial urging state Sen. Phil Berger to defer and study his education reform proposal, the editors of the News & Observer want Republican leaders “to be open to the input of people like the NCAE and June Atkinson, state superintendent of public instruction.”  I do not know if Berger met with Atkinson, but heContinue Reading

In a letter to the Statesville Record & Landmark, Bryan Shoemaker, a member of the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education, takes the president of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) to task for her contention that school boards should be composed mainly of individuals from the education establishment.  Mr. Shoemaker writes, At the recentContinue Reading

The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) Convention 2012 rocked the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem this weekend.  Here are some additional highlights of the conference (courtesy of Twitter): MaryBethTeaches: There are 42,629 @NCAE members but only 10,497 (25%) have “flipped” to EFT [Electronic Funds Transfer]. R U going 2 quit, let politicians have theContinue Reading

The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) Convention 2012 is rockin’ the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.  I suspect that substitute teachers were in short supply around the state. Here are some highlights of the conference (courtesy of various Twitter feeds): Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson tells attendees, “When we have hard decisions toContinue Reading