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A group that provides education and training standards for N.C. sheriffs is challenging the recertification of a fired state trooper. The group is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take its case.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 7:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has finally unveiled the first draft of proposed revisions to the state’s Healthful Living Standards, which encompass both Physical and Health Education.
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last August the State Board of Education approved a 6-month delay in the standards revision timeline for Healthful Living Standards. Under the timeline, the first draft of the new standards was scheduled to be released in February 2023.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, a bipartisan group of North Carolina legislators announced they would introduce legislation to add two seats to the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 9:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At yesterday’s monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education, board members heard an update about the review of academic standards in the areas of Science and Healthful Living.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2023 @ 5:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced that revisions to state guidance standards would commence during the current school year
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a request to begin drafting new science and healthful living standards for public schools.
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 @ 10:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In July, the N.C. State Board of Education approved the remaining supplementary materials accompanying revised social studies standards approved earlier this year.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 4:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC), a commission created by legislation in 2017 to advise the State Board of Education on establishing high standards for educators, presented a comprehensive teacher pay proposal
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. State Board of Education has OK’ed the final round of “unpacking documents” for new controversial social studies standards for K-12 public schools.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 5:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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At least one local board of education has voted to delay controversial new social studies standards that emphasize race and gender in teaching U.S. history and civics.
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 4:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education voted 7-3 on Thursday, June 17, to approve guiding documents for controversial new social studies standards that place greater emphasis on race and gender in teaching U.S. history.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this month, the State Board of Education approved a new set of standards to guide the social-studies curriculum.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 1:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat-controlled N.C. State Board of Education approved Thursday, Feb. 4, a sweeping rewrite of the state’s social studies standards that will now teach nearly every aspect of American history through the lens of racism and discrimination.
Published: Sunday, February 7th, 2021 @ 1:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Education has tapped the brakes on the revision of state social studies standards.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N.C. State Board of Education is starting the new year with a discussion on Read to Achieve standards and the annual charter school report.
Published: Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 5:38 pm
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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North Carolina does generally well according to national education standards, peers say, but it needs to take better advantage of opportunities to improve
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 1:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Gov. Roy Cooper announced new appointments to North Carolina Boards and Commissions, including the North Carolina Courts Commission, the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, and the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 @ 9:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Members of a state legislative panel are concerned that a new federal education law could keep in place controversial Common Core educational standards that dictate to states how students are taught and what they must learn.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers pushed back against Common Core education standards by passing legislation to require the teaching of cursive handwriting in elementary schools
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After fifteen months of work, the ASRC is in the process of finalizing their reports and submitting them to the State Board of Education and General Assembly. Their work has been thorough and has included surveys, examination of other standards in other states, testimony from experts and parents.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 10:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Common Core Standards is a private and federal initiative to reform public education into one that spits out workers, not thinkers
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 11:01 am
By: Diane Rufino
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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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When state legislators created a new commission last summer to review North Carolina's participation in Common Core standards for elementary and secondary schools, they made an excellent decision.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 10:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For a long time, those of us who argue that higher education’s standards are eroding had to point to anecdotes to support our case.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:29 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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When the Common Core state standards for K-12 were rolled out in 2009, few foresaw the impact on higher education. Alarms about the takeover of the entire educational system with the new national standards and tests in math and English language arts were often dismissed.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor McCrory has appointed Andre Peek of Wake County to the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 1:06 pm
By: Chris Downey
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As the result of actions taken during the 2014 legislative short session, the school year begins with more money for teachers, more students attending schools of their choice, and more focus on what is happening in the classroom.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I recently spoke with a philosophy professor at an Ivy League university. We discussed some issues in higher education, including such depressing topics as the increasing rejection of long-accepted standards of objectivity and a growing contempt for traditional perspectives.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 7:18 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The U.S. Department of Education released its latest draft of new gainful employment regulations on March 14. Gainful employment is the term used for the department's standards for vocational programs at for-profit institutions and community colleges. Under the new rules, schools at which a large...
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:05 am
By: John William Pope Center
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During his ten minute testimony, Forest expressed his belief that the Common Core standards roll out in NC represents a long term danger to local control of education decisions in our school systems.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core math and English Language Arts standards. Opinion regarding the quality of the English Language Arts (ELA) standards appears divided.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding new Common Core public school education standards, the John Locke Foundation has revised and expanded the report -- nearly doubling the number of questions answered.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when debates over educational standards were "wonky" (read: boring) discussions of goals for student learning? Unfortunately, those days are long gone.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding new Common Core public school education standards, the John Locke Foundation has revised and expanded the report - nearly doubling the number of questions answered.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Institute has praised a U.S. Senate hopeful for signing a petition to halt the onset of Common Core educational standards in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In a misnamed article, "Common Core is a conservative victory," Republican education reformers Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli used a recent News &Observer op-ed to try and persuade North Carolina conservatives to support the new national Common Core education standards.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:25 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In education policy, America sticks out like a sore thumb when compared with our international competitors.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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