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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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The State Board of Education on Tuesday convened a special meeting to discuss the constitutionality of House Bill 17, but members adjourned without saying what they talked about or revealing their next move, if they have one
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 @ 4:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education will consider again in February a proposal enabling failing traditional public schools to apply for an exemption easing some state regulations so they can operate more like charter schools.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 10:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wednesday marked the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. How did you celebrate?
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public school superintendents have been in the news lately, and it's not been flattering. Desperate to move on from the contentious tenure of Superintendent Katie McGee, the Brunswick County Board of Education hired Edward Pruden in 2010 at a salary of $159,400 a year. Late last year, the school...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 4:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public schools superintendents have been in the news lately and it's not been flattering.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 6:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have numerous pieces of legislation, including the state budget, on my radar, but here are a few key ones.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently, I have encountered folks who blame the N.C. General Assembly for introducing the Common Core State Standards to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 4:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite a ruling by the N.C. Court of Appeals saying the state has no interest in the property known as Hammocks Beach, lawyers working for Attorney General Roy Cooper are forcing John H. Hurst and his sister Harriet Hurst Turner to continue fighting for the 289-acre Onslow County waterfront...
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2013 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory will make three immediate appointments to the State Board of Education.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Potential charter school operators, including two that would operate online, flooded the state with 154 letters of intent to open in fall 2014, punctuating a growing appetite for alternatives to traditional public education.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Virtual charter schools and other distance-learning options would be unshackled from the legal-political bind in which they remain idled if Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Forest has his way.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the election of a Republican governor and supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly, observers expect to see changes in the state's approach t
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2012 @ 12:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Decisions from the State Board of Education affect every taxpayer, parent and school-age child in North Carolina. Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, discussed the state board's impact during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While many candidates hold meet-and-greets in swanky hotel ballrooms, Tedesco holds court at dutch-treat events in small town cafés.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 9:37 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Net growth in the percentage of North Carolina students attending schools of choice between 2001 and 2010 posed no threat to traditional public school enrollment.
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A citizen watchdog says the Durham County school board's rush to oppose a science and technology-based charter school has deprived the public of sufficient review and input.
Published: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 @ 4:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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High school graduation rates improved in 2011, increasing to 77.7 percent, the highest four-year graduation rate ever reported in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2011 @ 6:09 pm
By: Anna Deatherage
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