The Fairfax Education Association (FEA) is demanding all in-person instruction be banned until at least August of 2021.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 8:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced during a Tuesday, July 14, news conference that schools can reopen in the fall with a mix of in-person instruction and remote learning.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2020 @ 9:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Districts may choose to conduct school entirely by remote learning
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 @ 3:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Chrissy Clark of the Washington Free Beacon documents a disturbing development at colleges and universities: Students will pay more for less.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2020 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper announced on Wednesday that North Carolina will continue working with schools to prepare to re-open safely for in-person instruction.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 @ 9:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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The NC Department of Public Instruction released their back-to-school guidance, Lighting Our Way Forward: NC’s Guidebook for Reopening Public Schools, today.
Published: Saturday, June 13th, 2020 @ 5:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teacher pay is always a lively topic in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 9:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released its annual “Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget” on May 18.
Published: Thursday, May 21st, 2020 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Trumpet professor reaches students across eastern North Carolina
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2020 @ 11:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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In recent years, public school teachers have been encouraged to address conflicts between colonists and American Indians in their Thanksgiving Day lessons.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent skirmish between the State Board of Education and Superintendent for Public Instruction is yet another reminder of the longstanding debate about just who is in charge of public education in our state.
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 11:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the 2018-19 state accountability results this week.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More money and iPads are coming to K-3 classrooms to bolster literacy instruction, but critics question the methods used to improve reading scores.
Published: Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Department of Public Instruction has reaffirmed its decision to award the K-3 reading diagnostic tool to Istation, despite a chorus of criticism from some Democratic lawmakers, educational activists, and the previous contract holder, Amplify.
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Just one out of every four millennials demonstrates basic financial literacy.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After lawmakers pass a budget establishing public education funding levels for the following school year, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction distributes state dollars to school districts using a so-called resource allocation model.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Department of Public Instruction classifies about one in five teachers as chronically absent
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2017-18 school performance grades are in, and it’s mixed bag of good news and bad. Meanwhile, education leaders continue to promise improvements in academic performance
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Big changes are coming to the Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two lawmakers have introduced bills to grant local government the authority to provide local housing to teachers and other government employees
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2018 @ 10:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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She didn't use the words "garbage in, garbage out." But that popular computer science catch phrase could have summarized State Auditor Beth Wood's recent warning to N.C. lawmakers
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 11:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the teacher attrition rate for the 2016-17 school year is down from previous years, some schools still struggle to attract quality teachers and fill vacancies in certain academic subjects
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 9:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Time for Constructive Dialogue about District School Facilities
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2017 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay in a lawsuit involving State Superintendent Mark Johnson and the State Board of Education
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State officials failed to account for 234 vehicles worth $634,000 seized by a program targeting drivers convicted of felonies for speeding or driving while intoxicated, a new state audit reported
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 9:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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District Enrollment Dips as Charters Surge
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The State Board of Education has approved $2.5 million in budget cuts to the Department of Public Instruction
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 4:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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