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At the December Board meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $5,540,432 in funding for 50 projects through the Food Distribution Assistance Program.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 11:31 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina’s Hispanic population holds the lowest high school graduation rate of any other race/ethnic group in the state, proving to be one of the biggest challenges facing that community today.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 7:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bipartisan Calls from Public Education Leaders in 40 School Districts Across the State Urge Legislators to Invest in Public Schools
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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Bipartisan Calls from Public Education Leaders Across the State Urge Legislators to Invest in Public Schools, Stop Unaccountable Voucher Expansion
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 11:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the launch of BreastfeedNC.com, a new website dedicated to providing comprehensive information and resources to support mothers and families across North Carolina who are interested in breastfeeding.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 8:01 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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According to Catherine Truitt, N.C. superintendent of Public Instruction, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to underscore the limited nature of North Carolina’s accountability on public schools.
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2023 @ 6:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Over the last week, the News & Observer and EdNC published articles about a modification to the principal compensation system included in this year’s state budget.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 6:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To help recruit and retain teachers, more school districts are considering programs to provide affordable housing to teachers
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 4:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Community College held its commencement exercise for its graduating students on May 12. The Class of 2022 saw 234 students cross the stage to receive their degree or degrees.
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 2:30 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Of the 25 active members of Gov. Roy Cooper’s Teacher Advisory Committee, only one is a registered Republican, a review of voter registration records by Carolina Journal shows.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State auditors found Roanoke-Chowan Community College issued more than $10.3 million in checks with invalid signatures between August 2019 and August 2020, putting the school at increased risk of fraud.
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The judge in the ongoing Leandro school funding case has signed an order that attempts to compel the General Assembly to fund the components of the Comprehensive Remedial Plan agreed to by both the defendants and plaintiffs in the case last year.
Published: Monday, June 21st, 2021 @ 11:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bipartisan HB934 would let parents apply for up to $3,000 grants for tutors, counseling, and other educational support to mitigate the damage of closed schools
Published: Thursday, May 27th, 2021 @ 6:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On March 31, the North Carolina Senate passed the hugely controversial SB 387, titled the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021, by a margin of 48 senators in favor, none opposed.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A four-year federal investigation into voter fraud in North Carolina during the 2016 election has ended, netting 70 total charges, including 40 charges of individuals voting illegally.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 8:46 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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Welcome to the latest edition of LEAF Lines
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 7:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public school systems in the Tar Heel State are experiencing the highest declines in student enrollment in decades.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s call for more money for schools while also indicating he would veto a bill that could send students back to school has many in the state scratching their heads.
Published: Monday, February 15th, 2021 @ 9:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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No crisis like COVID is accelerating a greater demand for school choice in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2021 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the most contentious issues in the recent North Carolina state superintendent race was whether or not to allow schools to reopen across the state.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 4:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Richard Weaver’s famous book “Ideas have Consequences” has a pithy and poignant title.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In politics, at some point, you have to have ideas that appeal to the voting public.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:13 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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Education activists and Democratic lawmakers want to spend more on education, even as the state faces a massive budget shortfall and is entering a potentially disastrous hurricane season.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2020 @ 6:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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It’s not certain whether COVID-19 will continue to spread through North Carolina this fall, but one thing is likely: The 2020-21 school year won’t be typical.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Millions of parents are emergency homeschoolers now.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2020 @ 10:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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