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ECU begins International Education Week with Parade of Flags, International Awards Ceremony
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 @ 8:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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Nation’s largest college of education provides special financial aid opportunities to help address national teacher shortage
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 11:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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After announcing major budget cuts to the city’s police force and Education Department last week, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams blamed the federal government for leaving him with no choice but to strip money away from New Yorkers to deal with the illegal immigration crisis.
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The State Board of Elections is reminding educational institutions and government agencies of this week’s deadline to apply to have their student or employee photo IDs approved for voting purposes in the 2023 municipal elections.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 5:56 pm
By: ENC NOW
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School choice continues to expand across the fruited plain, providing more educational options for families. In recent weeks Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, and Utah, approved statewide education savings account programs.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The new judge in North Carolina's Leandro education funding case could issue a ruling on a new spending order within three weeks.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 3:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation to significantly expand education savings accounts in North Carolina—or ESAs, as they are commonly known—was introduced in the General Assembly earlier this week.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An N.C. House standing committee first met in January to discuss ways to improve K-12 public education. This week, the committee approved its final set of recommendations.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ceremony recognizes internationalization at ECU
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 @ 2:18 am
By: ECU News Services
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Hillsdale College President Under Fire After Ripping State Of Public Education: Here’s What He Said.Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn tore into the state of public education last week during a private college event in Tennessee.
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 11:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The judge overseeing North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit signaled Friday that he will produce an order next week calling for additional state education spending.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2022 @ 10:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and N.C. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest this week gathered a roundtable of school-choice advocates to pitch Education Freedom Scholarships.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 12:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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To promote workforce development and strengthen connections between education and job readiness, Governor Roy Cooper has declared the week of January 28-February 1, 2019 as Career Pathways Week in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 11:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed November 12-16 as American Education Week in a visit to Gentry Primary School in Harnett County
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 1:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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It has been a decade since what Education Week calls “the largest K-12 school cheating scandal in U.S. history” shook Atlanta Public Schools, resulting in racketeering convictions for 11 former teachers and principals who rigged tests
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 9:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is among six states selected to receive grants and technical support to identify opportunities to improve their Early Care and Education (ECE) workforces, the National Governor's Association (NGA) announced this week
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 12:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The State Board of Education received the 2016-17 State of the Teaching Profession in North Carolina report last week. The report summarizes the attrition and mobility of public school teachers between March 2016 and March 2017
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To help promote a strong workforce to make sure North Carolina is prepared for the jobs of today and tomorrow, Governor Roy Cooper has declared December 4-10, 2017, Computer Science Education Week
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 2:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today declared November 13-17, 2017 to be American Education Week in North Carolina
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 3:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The "Best in Festival" awards ceremony, produced by ECU students at the Broadcast Education Association convention in Las Vegas this past weekend, was a success. After working all semester on assigned video elements, students were there to incorporate their work into live remarks from presenters...
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2016 @ 11:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory said learning about art is critical to developing the critical thinking skills that will help students compete in the marketplace as well as enhancing their next visit to a museum or gallery.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 11:54 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The N.C. Division of Non-Public Education is the state agency responsible for home and private school oversight and data collection. This week, the agency published annual private and home school statistics for the 2014-15 school year.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has asked North Carolina education, law enforcement, mental health, government and business leaders to work together with the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools to focus the public's attention on methods to ensure all state schools are safe as Safer Schools Week is...
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Are college students more likely to listen to a lecture about education policy if an adult film actress is behind the podium? They certainly filled the room for Belle Knox, whose real name is Miriam Weeks, a 19-year-old Duke student. She came to UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday to talk about the high cost
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 7:58 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Have recent education reform measures approved by the N.C. General Assembly discouraged college students in our state from entering the teaching profession? Some folks seem to think so. In this week's CommenTerry, I take a closer look at the issue.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several East Carolina University staff members were recognized for outstanding work during the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards in Orlando, Fla., earlier this week.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 9:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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Vice President of Continuing Education Chet Jarman, Director of EMS Programs Steve Taylor and I met with the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners this week to advise them of training opportunities available at BCCC for first responders.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2013 @ 7:51 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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Many would consider it bad enough that a majority of the Wake County Board of Education last week approved an ethics policy that could be manipulated or abused to hammer political opponents on the board publicly. But the rest of the story, as radio commentator Paul Harvey famously said, would...
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2013 @ 8:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a sad statement about the current state of public education when the person responsible for administering our local school system has such a poor grasp on reality.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 10:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A memorable example dates back to March 4, 1999, when the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released the results of national reading exams. They showed that North Carolina was one of only five states that posted significant gains in 4th-grade reading...
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A merit pay system for teachers, changes to teacher tenure, tax credits for private school tuition, and new charter school initiatives are among education reform measures that could be passed in the state House of Representatives in the next few weeks, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg...
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College this week announced a schedule of four upcoming classes that will help students obtain their high school equivalency and acquire new job skills or obtain a college degree faster than ever before.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The debate over the State budget's impact on public education has generated much heat and little light in the last few weeks. Democrats point to large budget reductions, personnel losses and talk of the devastating long-term consequences on students and the public schools.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 8:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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