Dive Brief:

• After a teacher pay freeze and months of protests, North Carolina's governor and lawmakers are proposing to raise a teacher's minimum salary in that state.
• Some education advocates are criticizing the plan because it would not provide pay bumps for veteran teachers.
• If the plan is implemented, starting salaries for teachers would still fall below the national average by more than $5,000.

Dive Insight:

Data analyzed late last year shows that — along with South Dakota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia — North Carolina has some of the lowest teacher salaries in the country.