Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 4:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education is starting the new year with a discussion on Read to Achieve standards and the annual charter school report.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 5:38 pm
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. Here’s a week in review
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 3:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced late Friday, Aug. 23, that he vetoed Senate Bill 438, the Excellent Public School Act of 2019.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 9:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Newly released school performance grades show reading scores have remained stagnant despite millions spent on reading interventions.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2019 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Lawmakers adopted a 2013-14 budget conference report authorizing $7.9 billion in General Fund spending on K-12 education, which is up 4.8 percent over the $7.5 billion budget enacted for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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