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Public Ed Works executive editor David Rice on education funding in NC’s new state budget

Public Ed Works executive director David Rice

After more than a full year of delay at the legislature, North Carolina finally has a new state budget and as is almost always the case, what the new budget does and doesn’t do for public education is among the matters receiving the most attention.

The good news is that a lot of teachers will get some decent raises this fall. Unfortunately, the bad news is that those raises don’t apply to all teachers or school personnel. What’s more, thanks to inflation and the rising cost of health insurance premiums, most teachers remain stuck in the mud…

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