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Moving from Texas

by 25 years in

Jun 8, 2017

A few years ago NC teachers flocked in mass to Texas, so it's funny that you're looking to do the opposite.

NC's in an educational slump right now, and I don't think we're going to "come out of it". I think we're in for long-term changes -- not necessarily for the good.

Having said that, if you're going to teach in NC, the area surrounding Raleigh might be one of the best options. The Research Triangle area contains a number of universities, and some of our consistently-best schools are the areas where those professor live. Teaching in one of those areas would be a nice thing ... teaching in the bad areas of Raleigh, not so much.

We've been told repeatedly that pay is going up ... but read carefully. The politicians /media people aren't always completely truthful or forthcoming in what they say. For example, recently NC teaches received an average of a 7% raise. Sounds good, right? Yeah, except that the truth is that the new teachers received big raises (I...See More

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