Educators call for better pay during Teacher Appreciation Week [Video]

REACHING OUT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND DESPITE THE APPRECIATION EVENTS, MANY OF OUR STATES EDUCATORS SAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FACING A CRISIS. THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS, TEACHER PAY, AND TEACHER RETENTION. BILL O’NEIL REPORTS. THIS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE FAST TRACKING A BILL THAT WILL ADD HALF $1 BILLION TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM. MANY EDUCATORS SAY THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO LET THAT HAPPEN. IT IS A VERY BIG CONCERN. THE HEAD OF THE GUILFORD COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION JOINS WITH GOVERNOR COOPER’S CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON PUBLIC MONEY USED FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND WE NEED IT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS A CRISIS AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS LEVEL OF FUNDING CUTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE VOUCHER EXPANSION IN PROPOSED IN THE LEGISLATURE, ANY VOUCHER SCHEME DESIGNED TO TAKE PUBLIC DOLLARS OUT OF A PUBLIC …