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The original judge in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit disputes the notion that a judge can force other government actors to spend more money on education.
Published: Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 @ 5:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s top elected school official is calling the Biden administration’s national vaccine mandate a clear example of government overreach.
Published: Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new report from the Fordham Institute argues that North Carolina’s controversial social studies standards flunk the test on history and civics, ranking worst in the Southeast.
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 11:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The organization’s commissioner, Que Tucker, tells media that she believes the bill is the product of racism.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 8:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NC High School Athletics Association mounts massive effort to block their dismantling
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 1:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education has OK’ed the final round of “unpacking documents” for new controversial social studies standards for K-12 public schools.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 5:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Majority of Council of State Decline to Concur with Extension of State Evictions Order.
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 3:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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“How do you define freedom in one word? The answer to that is choice,” Tim Taylor, Arapahoe Charter School alumni.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Eighteen high school students from across North Carolina have been named National Cyber Scholars by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation after winning a rigorous 48-hour competition
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 8:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Lt. Governor and State Superintendent Support Legislation
Published: Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The teaching of critical race theory as the only explanation of America’s past would be outlawed in public schools under a bill approved by the N.C. House Education Committee on Tuesday, May 11.
Published: Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Slow school reopening, dropping enrollment, and union influence on health policy may mean new energy for the school choice movement
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On March 31, the North Carolina Senate passed the hugely controversial SB 387, titled the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021, by a margin of 48 senators in favor, none opposed.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat-controlled N.C. State Board of Education approved Thursday, Feb. 4, a sweeping rewrite of the state’s social studies standards that will now teach nearly every aspect of American history through the lens of racism and discrimination.
Published: Sunday, February 7th, 2021 @ 1:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Research continues to show mitigation measures allow safe in-person learning, low transmission among students and teachers
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 3:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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The results are in, and voters selected Republican Catherine Truitt, chancellor of Western Governors University N.C., to be North Carolina’s new superintendent of public instruction.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just been re-elected.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Catherine Truitt’s victory over Jen Mangrum for State Superintendent of Public Instruction was certainly one of the most significant and surprising Republican victories on Tuesday evening.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 8:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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COVID-19 has upended our traditional way of educating kids.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 2:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Guidance formed through collaborative process with DHHS and School Leaders
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Cooper also proposes $1.4 billion COVID-19 relief package using federal funds
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 3:55 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all K-12 public schools in North Carolina to close for a minimum of two weeks in response to COVID-19.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2020 @ 11:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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State Republicans and Democrats should hold onto their money until they know the Democratic nominee for president, Anna Beavon Gravely, executive director of N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation, said during a post-primary briefing.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As candidate filing closed, many exciting races and storylines began to take shape in federal and statewide races.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 @ 7:29 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2020 election season starts unofficially today at noon, with the opening of candidate filing for most races.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 10:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 7:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite objections from Democrats, the Senate Rules Committee passed a bill giving charter schools another avenue for approval of private bonds to pay for or refinance their facilities.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers told tales of destruction of and struggles in hurricane-battered communities before unanimously approving $56.5 million spread over two emergency response bills.
Published: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 @ 1:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Supporters and critics of a planned teacher rally haven't been shy in sharing their opinions about the intent of eventual outcomes surrounding the event
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2018 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leaders of the North Carolina public education systems, including the President of the University of North Carolina, the Acting President of the North Carolina Community College System, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, have partnered to create My Future NC
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Founding UNC President Bill Friday was fond of boasting that our universities were the "crown jewels" of our state. Friday welcomed the restructuring of all public universities into a consolidated system in the 1970s, but he disagreed with the 32-member Board of Governors
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 3:17 am
By: Tom Campbell
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson's first few months in office have been anything but boring
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2017 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge panel is currently tasked with interpreting one of our state's thorniest issues, namely who is in charge of public education. Is it to be the State Board of Education or the state Superintendent of Public Instruction?
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 @ 9:00 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When it comes to regulations, it’s an invisible tax. Such taxes are especially onerous when unnecessary and over-burdensome
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 9:17 pm
By: Bill Cook
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