No One Has Hurt Public Schools In NC More Than Phil Berger

Senator Phil Berger has done more to try and dismantle public schools in North Carolina than any other person in this state. In the past fourteen years, Berger has spearheaded as many attacks against public schools and the people who work in them as any lawmaker in the country.

• Teacher Pay Kept Well Below National Average
• Removal of Due-Process Rights 
• Graduate Degree Pay Bumps Removed 
• Retiree Health Benefits Removed For New Teachers
• Push for Merit Pay and Bonus Pay 
• Removal of Longevity Pay 
• Health Insurance and Benefits 
• Attacks on Teacher Advocacy Groups (NCAE) 
• Reorganization and a Weakening of the Department of Public Instruction 
• Less Money Spent per Pupil When Adjusted For Inflation
• Remove Caps on Class Sizes 
• School Grading System 
• Cutting Teacher Assistants 
• Read to Achieve 
• Educational Savings Accounts 
• Opportunity Grants 
• Charter Schools 
• Innovative School Districts 
• Reduction of Teacher Candidates in Colleges 
• Elimination & Reinventing of Teaching Fellows Program 
• Frozen Salaries For Years 15-24
• Ignorance of LEANDRO Decision
• State Budgets Taking Years To Pass

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