teacher labor market

During the 2015-16 school year, North Carolina licensed (via interstate reciprocity agreements) and subsequently employed 1,556 out-of-state teachers.1,2,3 At the same time, 828 public school teachers resigned to teach in other states. All told, the state imported 728 more teachers than it exported last year.

For the last several months, lawmakers and school districts have been at odds over class size requirements for grades K – 3.  On one side, some members of the…