Draft Teacher Turnover Report Shows Improvement
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, a member of the State Board of Education, opposes the lawsuit the board announced it will file challenging the constitutionality of House Bill 17, a measure passed in mid-December by the General Assembly reorganizing several aspects of state government
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ability to succeed in higher education - as defined by college readiness - has been one of the stated goals of the State Board of Education for every student in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Enrollment Changes Have Consequences
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's back-to-school time and parents everywhere want not only to encourage their children academically, but also want to know how their child's school is performing.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Transgender Students and Public Schools
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a report (PDF) published by the NC Department of Public Instruction, 79,575, or 5.2 percent, of North Carolina's public school students attend a charter school in North Carolina this year.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I would feel better about the future if I knew what was going to happen.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2016 @ 5:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican Governor Pat McCrory and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper are both opponents of excessive and duplicative standardized testing. Surveys suggest that parents, teachers, and administrators believe that "over-testing" is a problem
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite the claims of some, North Carolina is not a "net exporter of teachers."
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite the claims of some, North Carolina is not a "net exporter of teachers."
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Edward Hanes, D-Forsyth, said a proposed Achievement School District that would operate with charter school flexibility is a step in the right direction to turn around low-performing schools that are "death traps" for the prospects of minority children.
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2016 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lefties like to paint those of us on the right,who resist the dark side, as bigots. But they should take a good hard look at themselves.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 @ 1:38 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Last week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the state's annual teacher turnover report. The overall turnover rate for the 2014-15 school year was 14.8 percent, a 0.7 percentage point increase from a year prior. While the actual rate of teacher turnover is an important metric...
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released student performance data for all schools and school districts in the state. The release included school performance grades, end-of-course and end-of-grade achievement level results, school accountability growth data, the 4-year and...
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 3:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It gets downplayed in the drive by media, but the public school are required to report annually to the legislature on the crime situation within the state's public schools each year.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 10:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Today North Carolina released A-F grades for all traditional public and charter schools. News outlets have been all over the story and pundits are angling to put a spin on what is expected to be a tough day for many schools.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Annual Report on Teachers Leaving the Profession is here!
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After state legislators approved a ten percent reduction to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) $70 million budget, state education officials and their boosters sounded the alarm.
Published: Tuesday, November 11th, 2014 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After state legislators approved a 10 percent reduction to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's $70 million budget, state education officials and their boosters sounded the alarm.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One would think that the process of comparing and reporting test scores would be a straightforward matter. In North Carolina, state standardized testing is anything but straightforward.
Published: Monday, September 15th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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School accountability comes in two forms -- parental choice and testing.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Standardized testing for public school students concluded last month, but the debate about the state's accountability system continues.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Senate proposed reducing the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) budget by 30 percent, while their counterparts in the House proposed a 1 percent cut.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Senate proposes reducing the state Department of Public Instruction's budget by 30 percent, while the House proposes a 1 percent cut. Should North Carolina put DPI on a diet?
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The annual teacher turnover report produced by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction shows the number of public schoolteachers who've left their jobs across the state during the past year.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have a pretty utilitarian view of class sizes. Sometimes smaller class sizes make a big difference. Special needs students and those who require intensive instruction or remediation surely benefit from smaller classes.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It has been nearly three years since the left-leaning Center for American Progress published a superb report, Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity. In the report, CAP Senior Fellow Ulrich Boser made the case that decades of...
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The table represents full-time equivalent (FTE), state paid, classroom teachers as of the 3rd pay period. The FTE counts were obtained through the NC Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) Educational Directory and Demographical Information Exchange (EDDIE) database.
Published: Sunday, December 15th, 2013 @ 1:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some left-wing commentators have speculated that a sizable number of public school teachers are leaving North Carolina to teach in states that are, presumably, more hospitable to the profession. They want the public to believe that policies instituted by Republican lawmakers are to blame. It is...
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 6:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's nothing worse than a complainer - except a complainer who expects someone else to solve a problem. So I have a challenge for conservatives who, with good reason, rail against the state of public education in North Carolina: If you truly believe individual responsibility is a fu
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Don't panic. That's the message most of us have been hearing all day from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 9:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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