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Like many other states, the North Carolina has received a lot of money from the federal government to address the impacts of the corona virus pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 10:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"A third of kids in North Carolina are missing more than 10 days of school per year. This is, as compared to other states in the South, not a good number,” said NC DPI Superintendent Catherine Truitt
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Research on the pandemic’s effect on student enrichment shows that just forty-five percent of North Carolina’s K-12 students passed state reading, math, and science exams.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 10:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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WCPSS Spends 75% of Covid Dollars on Salaries and Benefits, Little to Nothing on Tutoring
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State test scores show slight improvement over last year’s scores but still trail prepandemic levels
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper’s decision to declare a “state of emergency” for public education lacks justification and widespread public support
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The homeless population jumped 11% this year.
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A felon convicted in North Carolina for scamming the federal government out of $143,000 in COVID-19 relief will get a new prison sentence.
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 5:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Congressman Dan Bishop, R-NC8, was in the spotlight yesterday not only for his opposition to the debt ceiling agreement reached by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, but also for challenging McCarthy’s capability in his position as speaker.
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 1:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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have Beaufort County Schools used these curricular materials????
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 6:15 pm
By: John Steed
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New Hampshire’s Manchester School District received COVID relief funds to host a youth pride event with a drag performance, a new report found.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 3:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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How This Harms Taxpayers and What NC is Doing About It
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 5:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most recovery they've seen is in middle and high school math, with the least recovery in middle school reading.
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 6:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As federal funding to schools for covid relief is entering its last phase, a lot of people are beginning to ask the question: What difference has $172 billion made for students and our schools?
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teacher pay; in North Carolina, it’s the topic that never goes away.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 2:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A consensus has been emerging that tutoring is the best way to remedy learning loss
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Plaintiffs and the N.C. Justice Department both object to new motions at the N.C. Supreme Court in the Leandro education funding lawsuit. The motions ask the court to address unresolved Leandro issues.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The report states that North Carolina is among the most consolidated and least affordable for healthcare, but its hospitals were three times more profitable than the national average in 2019.
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2023 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state controller and legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme court to reinstate a lower court order blocking a forced money transfer in the Leandro case.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 2:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Groundbreaking Report Concludes Nonprofit Hospitals Paid Top Executives Over $1.75 Billion in the Past Decade, Doubling CEO Compensation Faster than Previously Thought
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 11:00 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Consumer spending fell 0.2 percent in December, making this the second consecutive month of decline. Covid savings are drying up and high interest rates appear to be cooling the economy.
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) reintroduced multiple bills to “address COVID overreach on Americans.”
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has released an update on Operation Polaris, a four-year plan for strengthening student outcomes across the state.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will no longer be the third-party administrator for the State Health Plan come Jan. 1, 2025.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2023 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Nationwide, a movement to restore and protect parents’ rights has arisen in response to school closures, politicized curricula, and a loss of authority
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) promised that the House Oversight Committee would target waste, fraud, and abuse in the new Congress.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 5:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has released data on public school finances for 2021-22.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The long-anticipated 2022 math and reading scores from National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) have been released. As expected, the NAEP scores, commonly known as the nation’s report card, were not good.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 8:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The governor also called on the legislature to go further.
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2022 @ 12:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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While less than half of NC students are proficient in reading, math, and science, Wake Co. focuses on unjust goal of "equity"
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Community Foundation has completed its 2022 round of grantmaking from its COVID-19 relief fund, with another $1.25 million distributed to assist nonprofit organizations that were impacted by revenue loss and increased demand for services because of the pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 6:50 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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