As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Biden in a CNN Town Hall With Anderson Cooper
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 @ 9:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Without consulting “the Google” or any other resource answer these questions. What are the three branches of government?
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: Tom Campbell
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We will state the truth in full, without apology: We declare that the United States of America is the most just and exceptional Nation ever to exist on Earth.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 12:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I spent several days with three students who are, by mandate from the governor and the Mecklenburg County school board, learning at home.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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William Andrew Clanton entered into eternal rest and reunion with loved ones January 20, 2020.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 2:38 pm
By: Announcements
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Alumnus and award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley returned to East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance on Nov. 8 to visit with students and attend a scholarship fundraising gala.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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Panelists at Campbell Law School offered a different path to resolving conflicts — in the criminal justice system and in disciplinary situations in K-12 schools.
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2018 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Exactly 100 years ago today, on November 11th, 1918, World War I came to an end. Thank God. It was a brutal war.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 3:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As you meet new folks out and about, quite often someone will ask, "Where are you from?"
Published: Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 @ 3:02 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The assessment in question was the 2017 version of the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) - commonly referred to as the nation's report card
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 11:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Teens are tethered to technology like never before. Almost all have smartphones; many are online constantly
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It seems reasonable to expect that public school students who achieve the highest-level scores on standardized math tests ought to get the first shot at placement in advanced math classes the following year
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Discussions around the revised 2018-19 budget have often focused on K-12 education spending
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For many years, I have had a percolating theory hiding just below the surface of my mind.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 10:05 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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What should we expect when we invest $150 million in reading programs for our elementary students? I'm not sure what the objectives were, but I am pretty certain the results weren't what anyone wanted
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 12:17 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When Sugar Creek Charter School graduates its first 12th-grade class this year, all 30 members will head to college
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC Greensboro will take over a low-performing Rockingham County elementary school this year, a chance for student teachers and administrators to lend a hand to struggling children and families
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 5:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today urged legislative Republicans to provide funding for smaller class sizes to phase in the currently unfunded mandate when they convene in Raleigh next week
Published: Monday, January 8th, 2018 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Program teaches young adults job skills while helping with formal education and providing a haven from tough circumstances
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I grew up in New York City and didn't move to the South until the eighth grade. In NYC, it was routine to inquire about someone's heritage, as in whether they were Italian, Greek, Irish, Jewish, whatever.
Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 @ 6:12 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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North Carolina is failing far too many children, especially those "at-risk."
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 2:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It seems that politicians and the media can’t stop talking about teacher pay. The claim that the average teacher salary will reach $50,000 this year has been the subject of numerous political advertisements, fact checks, and opinion pieces
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's back-to-school time and parents everywhere want not only to encourage their children academically, but also want to know how their child's school is performing.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory's Task Force on Safer Schools met this week to discuss mental health initiatives to improve school safety, a top priority set by the governor when he created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Last month, the National Education Association released "Rankings of the States 2015 and Estimates of School Statistics 2016." "Rankings and Estimates" is a useful publication for its per pupil expenditure and teacher pay rankings
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2016 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arlington Cemetery, on the southern shore of the Potomac River across from Washington, DC, is hallowed ground for the United States of America as a final resting place for her greatest heroes
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 9:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Friday, December 18th, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) tasked with providing recommendations to replace Common Core standards held their last meeting. All indications over the prior fourteen months of meetings pointed to substantial changes being recommended.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Homeschooling reached a milestone in North Carolina in the 2014-15 school year. The number of students enrolled in homeschools in the state topped 100,000
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The registration deadline is approaching for the first Miss Gullfest Pageant to be held Saturday, April 18, at Beaufort County Community College as part of the college's annual spring festival, Gullfest.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 5:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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The BCCC Board of Trustees recently held its Spring Retreat with the board members spending most of their time discussing our college's long-range construction needs.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2015 @ 3:26 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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