WUNC

Wake Tech joins other community colleges in effort to license more elementary teachers

A new online program at Wake Tech is part of a statewide effort to help teachers who don't have a bachelor's degree in education earn a North Carolina teaching license. When she was an elementary ...
WFAE

NC Board of Education weighs making it easier for out-of-state teachers to get license

A teacher at Mint Hill Elementary works with a student. The state Board of Education is weighing new rules that would make it easier for out-of-state teachers to get licenses in North Carolina. The ...
WRAL

They're NC's fastest-growing source of new teachers. But thousands of them are leaving every year

Thousands of people who switched careers to become North Carolina public school teachers are leaving their roles within three years, new data shows, the latest indicator of the hiring challenges ...
Yahoo

Want to be a teacher? NC lawmakers could require you to pass a criminal check

Legislation in the NC House would rrequire people applying for a teaching license to be fingerprinted and receive a criminal records check Calling it a matter of school safety, state lawmakers could ...
The Sun News

More than one way to become a teacher. You don’t need a license at NC charter schools.

Kenny Felder doesn’t have a teaching license, but he has taught demanding math courses to students at Raleigh Charter High School for 20 years. Felder is among the 30 percent of unlicensed teachers at ...
WUNC

Teacher turnover in NC improves, while vacancies hit a new high

File photo of a teacher at Aycock Elementary in Vance County. The State Board of Education heard a major update on teacher turnover this week. The annual "state of the teaching profession report" ...