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Liz Schlemmer
@LSchlemmer_WUNC
Education reporter @WUNC an @NPR affiliate | prev @WFPLNews | lschlemmer@wunc.org | DMs open and tips appreciated
Feb 9 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
🧵For #Durham folks who’re following the #DPS pay issue closely...

I want to focus on details dropped last night that reveal – let’s say oddities – in the salary study that determined the raises that workers are fighting hard to keep.

#nced @DurhamPublicSch I’ve heard Mubenga say the #DPS salary study had “flaws.” But I didn’t realize til last night how widely these raises range. Based on info in the last bd mtgs:

-About 1,500 staff got raises of <15%. Most got a 4% raise.
-500+ got raises of 25%+
-Abt 25 people got raises of 40%+
Feb 7 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The #DPS school board is meeting tonight, mostly in closed session, but bd chair @BettinaUmstead said the board will make a statement when they come back into open session later tonight. #Durham #nced 🚨🚨Durham Public Schools bd chair Bettina Umstead has announced that Supt. Pascal Mubenga has submitted his resignation. #DPS @DurhamPublicSch #Durham
Feb 3 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD. Here are my takeaways from last night’s #DPS school bd mtg. Facts first, then quotes.
#nced #Durham @DurhamPublicSch Image 1. The raises #DPS paid to classified staff would be $9m over budget if they paid them the full school yr. The salary study was estimated to cost $10.8m and it would have actually cost $20m the way it was implemented.
Apr 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD: I dug into the data on NC's main school voucher program for this story and broke it down into these graphics for y'all... #nced #ncpol
wunc.org/2023-04-24/nc-… The Opportunity Scholarship is the biggest voucher program in NC, and new bills would grow it #nced #ncpol

The NC State Education Assistance Authority administers voucher programs and tracks the data, so it's all publicly accessible 👇
ncseaa.edu/opportunity-sc… Image
Oct 19, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🧵The @UNC_System BOG has plans to fund universities on a performance-based model.

"This is probably the most critical this decision this board will make in a decade because it has the impact of how the campuses operate for years into the future."
- @NCState Chancellor Woodson The @UNC_System BOG finance committee had a robust discussion on the performance weighted funding plan today, with questions from board members and university chancellors. #nced #highered
Dec 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
1. Here's a sad story in #nced.

The Innovative School District was big news when it came out 5+ yrs ago. The state was threatening to take over low performing schools.

Now the unsuccessful program is ending, and the one school affected has faced disruption and turnover. 2. When #NCGA rolled out the Innovative School District 5 yrs ago, critics said the model didn't work in Tennessee.

The 'school turnaround' plan let charter school operators compete to take over the lowest performing schools in the state. The new state budget ends it. #nced