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N.C. Superior Court Judge David Lee, the presiding jurist in the decades-long Leandro lawsuit, said at a hearing Tuesday, April 13 that he won’t tell lawmakers how to spend money on public education.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A plan for North Carolina to provide an opportunity for a sound, basic education to all students now waits with a judge in Superior Court.
Published: Thursday, March 18th, 2021 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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At the beginning of September, North Carolina got its latest development in the decades’ long Leandro case.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2020 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Judge David Lee, the overseer of the Leandro case, approved a plan Tuesday, Sept. 1, calling for millions more in education spending to meet North Carolina’s constitutional obligation to provide a sound, basic education to every child.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The end of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline shuts the door on one example of Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive overreach.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2020 @ 4:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday the State Board of Education and members of Governor Cooper’s administration submitted an action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee as part of the ongoing work to ensure the state is compliant with the constitutional requirements of the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week, the plaintiffs and the defendants in the Leandro v. North Carolina case submitted their action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee, who was appointed four years ago to oversee the state’s compliance with the 26-year-old case.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2020 @ 3:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Leandro v. State of North Carolina casts a long shadow over the public schools in the Tar Heel state.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 @ 11:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On January 21, Eric Davis, chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education distributed a memo to selected organizations titled “Invitation to Submit Recommended Priorities in Response to WestEd Report (WER) in Leandro.”
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 1:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Instead of the traditional top-10 issues in public education, the Public School Forum of North Carolina picked just one.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 10:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Many North Carolinians assume that the elected superintendent of public instruction is the head of the state's public schools.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2020 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Deanna Ballard, R-Watauga, wants the presiding judge in the Leandro case to share his perspective on education policy before the Senate Education Committee.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 12:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this week, Judge David Lee convened a status conference with the plaintiffs and defendants from the ongoing Leandro v. State of North Carolina lawsuit.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2020 @ 9:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In December, Judge David Lee released recommendations developed by a private consultant (WestEd) to ensure the state complies with its obligation to provide all children the opportunity to a sound, basic education.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 7:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The long-running Leandro case hasn’t led to a constitutional bombshell — as some experts feared — but, after years of waiting, presiding Judge David Lee has finally set the stage for action.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 9:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Twenty-five years ago, Robert Leandro and his mother, Kathleen Leandro, lent their name to one of the most significant education lawsuits in North Carolina history.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge David Lee released a consultant’s report that recommended spending another $8 billion over eight years to ensure the state complies with the constitutional requirement to provide all children an opportunity to receive a sound, basic education.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 12:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina’s Republican legislators say they were left out of focus groups for a major education report that could seriously affect future policymaking.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 @ 11:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina should make it easier for public school teachers to grow professionally, and for principals to spend money and direct personnel as they see fit, a pivotal new education report says.
Published: Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 @ 12:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As many predicted, the California-based consulting firm WestEd is recommending that North Carolina spend billions of taxpayer dollars on preschools and district schools to meet the requirements of the Leandro case.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 @ 9:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of higher taxes cheered the WestEd report on North Carolina schools that became public on December 10th, five months after Judge David Lee received it.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As many predicted, the California-based consulting firm WestEd is recommending North Carolina spend billions of taxpayer dollars on pre-schools and district schools to meet the requirements of the Leandro case.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 7:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After nearly a six month wait, Judge David Lee has released the long awaited consultant recommendations for North Carolina public schools.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 8:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A long-anticipated report from an education consulting group suggests North Carolina should boost public school spending by at least $8 billion over the next eight years to satisfy its constitutional obligations.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 8:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state funding targets that likely will be outlined in the WestEd report are anybody’s guess.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 3:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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These developments give many North Carolina conservatives pause. And for good reason.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 8:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Another chapter may soon be added to North Carolina’s long-running school finance case known as Leandro v. State.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 9:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, said he wouldn’t be surprised if a judge orders the state to spend more on education.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 7:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the most significant documents in N.C. public education is being kept under lock and key.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 5:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Proponents of charter schools worry the Governor’s Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education will use the Leandro ruling as a roundabout way to restrict charter schools.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2019 @ 12:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Governor’s Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education wants to talk about charter schools and how they may fit in the debate over how to implement the Leandro ruling.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 4:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Education stakeholders have long puzzled over how to implement the standards laid out in the decades-old Leandro case.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 6:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On July 25, 2017, Governor Roy Cooper announced the creation of the Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education.
Published: Friday, July 5th, 2019 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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