Pros And Cons Of North Carolina

“North Carolina reflects these national trends: from 2001 to 2013, the share of black or Latino teachers in North Carolina declined slightly from 16 to 15 percent, while the percentage of black or Latino students rose from 37 to 41 percent”

In taking a brief look at the Oklahoma education system, one need not look far before issues of significant underfunding and understaffing come directly into view. Many different proposals regarding what Oklahoma needs to do to resolve this problem have been suggested in the past, but very few of these proposals outline an answer regarding how these fixes will be implemented. How Oklahoma's educational system can increase the effectiveness of its limited funding is something that can be addressed with simple cost-effective steps and strategies that have proven their effectiveness in other states. Additionally, the issue of understaffing can be looked at from a fresh perspective in order to understand what the Oklahoma education system can do to bring in new teachers and keep these teachers. Finally, in joining with national-level movements and interest groups such as the National Education Association which can help with budgetary issues and Teach for America which can help to bring in new, trained and enthusiastic teachers into areas of Oklahoma that have seen poor performance from students in the past.

That means that out of 50 states there is only one state where teachers are paid worse. The feeling is that if the teachers are paid higher salaries more people might go into the field. Which means there would be more people to choose from that are actually qualified. Texas should be worried about the future this information predicts because if teachers aren’t paid equally there is a good chance they will move to states that have a competitive salary. To improve this reality Texas needs to give every resident the choice of school district. The guidelines should not be drawn by county but should be drawn by the willingness of the parent to travel and enforce a perfect attendance record for the student and also the hard work and effort put forth by the student to achieve high marks on their report card. By doing this I believe Texas’ Scholastics Assessment Test (SAT) scores which as of now rank 46 out of 50 will greatly improve. The student will strive to do better because they will know that the penalty of them doing poorly will result in transferring to a school closer to their

Charter schools in North Carolina do not receive any funding from the lottery, while public schools do. Teachers complain about how they do not get paid enough. Voters go to the polls and vote for referendums that would hopefully be used for education purposes. Student population is growing, so should the money. Jessica Swencki, spokeswoman for Brunswick County Schools, said “It does not go very far. Brunswick County got about $800,000 last year which went to reroof one of the aging middle schools. The average price on one of those middle school roofing projects is around $1.2 million, so it really pays for about three-fourths of a roof, if you really think about the check that Brunswick County Schools actually receives.” Swencki also stated, “…Whenever the misperception is out there that these dollars are flowing into the public school system may or may not be using them to their fullest extent.” Teachers are starting to go on more strikes to protest for better pay. Schools never received half of the lottery money. Based on poverty concentration, North Carolina received a ‘B’, which was much better than the ‘Fs’ the state received during the early 2000s. North Carolina then cut funding for wealthy districts, but continued to fund for the poorer districts. Well, what followed the cut? Teachers went years without seeing a raise in their salaries. The amount of students in a classroom increased. Countless numbers of teacher assistants were cut from

Does Oklahoma want to make the people with the biggest impact on the state’s children’s futures, and thus the future of its communities, struggle to get by day to day? Gina Cattaneo, a teacher at Tulsa Central High School, was recently interviewed by Janna Clark of Fox23 about the struggles of teachers to make ends meet. Cattaneo is a divorced mother of 2 who earns approximately $2,155 a month but after all her household bills are paid, she is left with roughly $268 a month for food, gas, clothing and doctor bills. (Clark). Cattaneo loves her job and does not want to find another job but she feels, “The state needs to come up with a plan…so we can have a lifestyle that we’re not constantly stressed and struggling.” (Clark). Other teachers have had to take on other part time jobs in order to make ends meet. For example, Summer Lyons, a four- year Pre-K teacher in Tulsa, earns $34,100 a year but works an additional 15 hours each weekend at a Chinese restaurant to make ends meet. (Robson). Lyons has considered moving to New York because the average teacher salary there is $75,279 and she feels the extra $31,000 each year would offset the cost of living differences. (Robson). Summer Lyons is a great example of a good teacher feeling underappreciated and looking at options out of state. Teachers significantly enhance the future of our state yet most Oklahomans do not realize the struggles teachers make each day in trying provide students their best education while worrying about how to pay their basic

Training and supporting new teachers is one of the most important jobs of an administrator and is a top priority for Pinecrest High School. The state of North Carolina during the 2016-2017 school year had a teacher turnover rate of 14.5%. Moore County School’s teacher turnover rate was slightly above the state’s average and Pinecrest High School was at 18.2%. This shows that Pinecrest has a teacher turnover problem at the school that needs to be addressed with increasing support for incoming new staff members (NCDPI, 2017).

When Europeans first explored the interior of North Carolina, the area was inhabited by the Catawba and Cherokee Indians. Hernando de Soto (1539-1543) and Juan Pardo (1566-1568) led expeditions into the Piedmont and mountains in this region during the mid-sixteenth century (Hudson and Tesser 1994). These parties recorded and visited Indian villages in the Lincoln County area and reportedly built garrisons near Marion and Salisbury.

The low pay for our educators is causing many negative effects. New York Times shows that the low income is causing sixty-two percent of teachers to have a second job outside of their teaching jobs. Just to have enough money to support their families and make ends meet. Most everyone decides to college to prevent having these struggles with money, and to avoid having to work multiple jobs, when they get older; however, not when it comes to living off of only a teacher’s income, the struggles to have enough money are interminable. This low pay is also causing most teachers to retire, and find new jobs. New York Times states, “every year 20 percent of teachers in urban districts quit. Nationwide, 46 percent of teachers quit before their fifth year. The turnover costs the

Oklahoma as of today is ranked 49th nationally in per-pupil expenditures and ranked 48th in teacher pay (Klein 2). Putting Oklahoma as one of the worst states to be educated in the United States. “Oklahoma is consistently ranked near the bottom for education funding and teacher pay” (“Investing In Education Is Key For Growth And Job Creation” 3). When there are state cuts that need to be made, the departments of education are one of the first that usually tend to suffer. Since the 2008 economic crisis, Oklahoma has continued to cut the budget for education; even though the economy has since then gotten better (Perry). Budget cuts in education affect all parts of the education process for the students. “Some school districts have ordered teacher layoffs and shorter sessions” (“Oklahoma Makes the Poor Poorer” par 4).Schools are now struggling to keep their heads above water. Each year from the budget cutting, schools have had to lay off teachers, cut entire programs, and have limited resources used to educate the students. Even the teachers’ retirement system is suffering, being one of the top poorly funded pension programs nationally (Ash par 3). Seeing as that the schools have to cut down classes and programs, administration has had no other choice than to increase class size, overwhelming teachers tremendously. “Oklahoma has 1,500 fewer classroom teachers and 40,000 more students since 2008-2009” (“Investing In Education Is Key For Growth

The governor or North Carolina says he would give his 2014-2015 budget to raise teachers’ pay 2%. He wants to have teacher appreciation not just for one week but for the whole year for generations to come. “McCrory also said he plans to include an extra $3.6 million in his budget proposal to expand slots in the state's pre-kindergarten program and would add $23 million to the budget for school textbooks, noting the shift to digital learning won't happen overnight”(Browder, NC

The unnamed city of the story is a bleak place, one that offers little opportunity for growth. North is the place that everyone is seeking at this time. “This [is] during the wartime, when people [are] coming North for jobs.” North offers people jobs and shelter which is why everyone moves here, but every decision has its pros and cons.“There are twenty-five or thirty kids… in one building.” North is way overpopulated. “ There’s the park a few blocks over but it’s full of kids… you can’t do a thing.” Kids barely have any space in their homes. Moreover, there are “no fields to raise nothing in.” In North, there are only “factories and war industries.” Kids can “buy everything they need at the store.” This is not a suitable place for a child

North Carolina is one of the fastest growing states within the United States. There are many factors that contribute to making North Carolina attractive to people all across the world, including affordability, strong housing market, quality of life, and global access. First-time home buyers who are eying real estate in North Carolina should consider Durham real estate as a place to purchase their new home.

After careful examination of the policy, it is a feasible policy that would reduce achievement gaps in students. A perfect example of a teacher pay raise program that was successful in reducing the achievement gap was the Equality Project. “The Equity Project charter middle school, or TEP, in New York City set starting teacher salaries at $125,000,” and because of this “it’s mostly low-income, Latino students outperformed similar students at comparable N.Y. schools with test score gains equal to an extra 1.6 years in math and by smaller gains in science and language arts” (Startz and Goldhaber). The results from New York undeniably proved that paying the teachers who work well draws better results from them. “An important study by Professor

In many facets of education, districts and school leaders have been trying to determine the best practices for moving and improving their students. NCLB and Common Core have lead way from a testing and data driven school to a more focused and clean progress machine that hopefully helps individual students improve and grow. Programs like Response to

According to the College Foundation of North Carolina, North Carolina teachers have an average income of $43,510 and are required to have at least a bachelor’s degree in the material they plan to teach in addition to individual state licensure (“CFNC”). Having previously and adequately researched the teaching profession, I was already well-aware of the humble pay and the educational requirements. However, it was my knowledge of the personal benefits that English teaching provides that have led me to pursue it as a career, with the goal of initially earning a Bachelor of Science in English, Secondary Education