North Carolina and Wake County continue to lead US in gold standard teacher rankings T. Keung Hui, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Mar. 8 Hundreds of North Carolina teachers continued to work on improving their skills during the coronavirus pandemic, helping the state and Wake County retain their status as leaders in the gold standard for teacher excellence.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced Monday that North Carolina leads the country with 23,090 teachers who ve completed the group s rigorous certification process. For the 15th year in a row, Wake County leads the nation with the most nationally certified teachers of any school district at 3,034.
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Nationwide numbers for the current teacher shortage are still being calculated, however, Covid-19 might be exacerbating the teacher shortage, say experts studying the issue. (Photo: Crixells Matthews/VPM News)
For former fifth grade teacher Brandy Samberg, the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t the root cause of her decision to leave the teaching profession after six years, but it did help push her out the door.
“I left in the long run because of COVID,” Samberg says. “Just with concerns of my own kids being in virtual school and needing that assistance, especially with my girls starting kindergarten at the same time. I knew from my experience and then [from] virtually teaching last year, it made work life balance really impossible.”
School reopening strains old ties ncspin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncspin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gary Pearce
One of North Carolina’s most enduring political alliances – teachers and the Democratic Party – is being tested by today’s debate over reopening schools.
The ties, which go back decades, have been strained before, and survived. But this may be the toughest test.
I was surprised recently when three Democrats, in separate conversations, complained about the “teachers’ union” resisting reopening schools. The N.C. Association of Educators isn’t a union; that’s prohibited by state law. And “teachers’ union” is a term you usually hear from Republicans never as a term of endearment.
The NCAE supported Gov. Roy Cooper and Democratic legislative candidates in 2016, 2018 and 2020. Teachers marched on Raleigh to protest what they considered meager pay raises from the Republican General Assembly.