Our students deserve better, and by standing up and standing together, we will ensure they get better.
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October 31, 2014
Take it from a teacher
Read MorePublic school teachers are leaving North Carolina for greener pastures, and who could blame them? Progress North Carolina created a video series – Project First Person – to give North Carolinians the chance to hear from teachers directly about the challenges and consequences of state lawmakers failure to fully-fund public education in our state.
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January 17, 2014
AIM HIGHER, North Carolina!
Read MoreSign our petition to raise teacher pay to the national average.
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July 26, 2013
NCGA’s war on public education
Read MorePublic education ended up being a big loser in the state budget with Republicans cutting it by half a billion dollars.
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February 23, 2012
Number of kids living in high-poverty areas of NC soars
Read MoreAccording to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the number of North Carolina children living in high-poverty areas has increased almost 200 percent to 212,000. That number is eight times the increase nationwide since the year 2000.
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October 15, 2010
We’re Not Waiting for Superman
Read MoreMany students already have a hero in the classroom The new film “Waiting for ‘Superman’”, which opens in theaters nationwide this week, tells a powerful story about how the public education system isn’t meeting the needs of parents and students. Unfortunately it doesn’t tell the whole story, and the film maker doesn’t offer real solutions. […]
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Party politics trumps doing anything for N.C. The effects of the Great Recession have been devastating to our state’s budget. Tax collections are down due to massive job losses and reduced consumer spending while increased demand for public services like unemployment threaten North Carolina’s ability to fund its single largest expenditure – public education. The […]
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