NCAE

In today’s News & Observer article, “Report says average NC teacher salary is nearly $54,000. But NCAE says that figure is ‘skewed,’” the leader of the N.C. Association of Educators questions an average teacher salary calculation that has used the same methodology for 17 years. But NCAE president Mark Jewell…

I’m not sure what to make of the raised fist image that the N.C. Association of Educators now uses on their social media pages.  It has an Antifa vibe.

A new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) paper, The Long-run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining, won’t be welcomed by teacher unions. Authors Michael Lovenheim and Alexander Willén write, We find robust evidence that exposure to teacher collective bargaining laws worsens the future labor market outcomes of men: in the…

Red4EdNC has issued its own “declaration” a week before Independence Day. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for the people of a state to confront a legislative supermajority that has consistently demonstrated over the course of seven years a hostility to the premise, the constitutional…

In Janus v. American Federations of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “agency fees” imposed by unions on non-union members are unconstitutional.  The National Education Association responded, In a 5-to-4 decision, which casts aside decades of precedents and laws, the court has…

John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood answers host Tom Campbell’s question about the N.C. Association of Educators’ status as a labor union. This exchange took place during the May 18, 2018, edition of “NC SPIN.” WATCH. Key quote: “There is absolutely no question that the NCAE fits…

This comes straight from Google Docs page on the May16.org website. You’re welcome.

The News & Observer reports on the wish list from the group organizing Wednesday’s rally and protest by educators at the General Assembly. On Monday, the North Carolina Association of Educators released its priorities for the march, which coincides with the opening day of this year’s state legislative session.