March 21, 1984
Education Week, Vol. 03, Issue 26
Education
States News Roundup
The maximum pay next year for North Carolina's teachers would be increased by more than 20 percent, to $26,190, and the salary of starting teachers increased by about 15 percent, to $15,710, if the legislature approves the staff recommendations of James B. Hunt Jr.'s education commission.
The maximum salary for the state's most experienced teachers is now $21,640. A starting teacher with a bachelor's degree earns $13,660 a year, and can earn up to a maximum of $19,680 after eight years. For a teacher with a master's degree, starting pay is $14,940 a year. The state's average teacher salary is $18,327. Some local school districts add supplements to the state's base àgsalaries.
Education
Correction
In a Feb. 22, 1984, report of a survey of references to sugar-rich foods in California's K-3 reading books, Education Week quoted the researcher as saying the California State Department of Education had adopted guidelines restricting the mention of junk foods and brand-name food items in readers after the survey was conducted in 1979-80. However, according to Maritza Giberga, a consultant with the California Department of Education, the state board approved those textbook guidelines in 1977.
In a Feb. 22, 1984, report of a survey of references to sugar-rich foods in California's K-3 reading books, Education Week quoted the researcher as saying the California State Department of Education had adopted guidelines restricting the mention of junk foods and brand-name food items in readers after the survey was conducted in 1979-80. However, according to Maritza Giberga, a consultant with the California Department of Education, the state board approved those textbook guidelines in 1977.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters To The Editor
Gee, I am really glad to know the members of the American Bar Association favor performance pay for teachers ("Bar Association Members Favor Performance Pay," Education Week, Feb. 22, 1984). Perhaps I can sit on a bar-review board to establish lawyers' fees. 
Education
Opinion
Q: Whatever Happened to Creationism? A: It's Still Around.
In 1981, the issue of "scientific creationism" was all over the news, mainly because of a nationally publicized trial over an Arkansas law requiring "balanced" classroom treatment for the theory of evolution and "creation science."
Education
Opinion
The Crisis in Education Is Mainly a Crisis In Teacher Education
When the National Commission on Excellence
in Education issued its report last
year, its conclusions, however dramatically stated, did not address what may be the most serious aspect of the crisis: the education
of teachers.