Title: NC teachers: Low pay forces some from profession, state :: WRAL.com
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03/06: Report: NC teacher pay slides against peer states
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Content: Teachers say they feel state officials don't respect them
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Raleigh, N.C. — More than 1.5 million students returned to school across North Carolina this week, but not all teachers decided to come back as well. Cameron Shumay said this is the first time he hasn't been part of back-to-school week in 13 years. "I did miss it a little bit," said Shumay, a former Carnage Middle School science teacher. After years of teaching and having to work two jobs to make ends meet, he now works for a consulting firm in Research Triangle Park. A few years ago, North Carolina was close to the national average in teacher pay. Six years of state budget cuts and pay freezes have left the state 46th in teacher salaries and 48th in per-student spending. 03/06: Report: NC teacher pay slides against peer states
The state's average teacher salary of $45,967 is almost $10,000 less than the national average.