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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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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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Three liberty-oriented groups in North Carolina and South Carolina have announced a new initiative to provide education, training, and support for school board members.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A pro-transgender education group is featuring a transgender activist with a history of making obscene sexual remarks as the keynote speaker for an upcoming conference for those who teach and counsel children.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 6:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Target has repeatedly boasted about efforts to support the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, also known as GLSEN, an entity which helps teachers place LGBTQ books in school libraries and hide their students’ so-called gender transitions from parents.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers recently announced in a press conference that addressing early childhood education policy would be a priority this legislative session.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 12:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Teens Take Charge, Which Accused Opponents Of Leftist Education Policy Of Racism, Says Its Leader Inflicted 'Harm' On Children
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2022 @ 4:39 am
By: Daily Wire
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A group describing itself as "recognized leaders in the North Carolina business community" supports plaintiffs in the Leandro school funding legal dispute.
Published: Sunday, July 31st, 2022 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) is fighting against your parental rights with advocacy groups set to diminish your parental rights as they pertain to the safety, well-being and education of your children. Put a stop to these organizations that are undermining our rights.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 9:53 am
By: Beatrice Setnik
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The highest scoring states in the rankings were Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Kentucky, and South Dakota.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, Dr. Elana Yaron Fishbein, the founder of the group No Left Turn in Education, blasted the Biden administration’s DOJ after the Biden Justice Department ordered the FBI to investigate alleged “threats” against school board members and teachers.
Published: Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 @ 3:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education working group has approved an education omnibus bill providing regulatory relief and support for North Carolina’s K-12 and higher education systems.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s Republican legislators say they were left out of focus groups for a major education report that could seriously affect future policymaking.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 @ 11:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A handpicked group of the nation's leading medical schools - of which ECU's Brody School of Medicine is a founding member - will have extra time to partner on projects that will shape the future of medical education and health care delivery in the U.S
Published: Friday, March 22nd, 2019 @ 10:02 am
By: ECU News Services
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Red4EdNC, a nonprofit education advocacy group, isn’t happy with the state of public education in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, the Network for Public Education, a left-leaning group headed by a longtime activist in Washington, D.C., put out its "50 State Report Card." The "report card" is yet another false report aimed at smearing North Carolina's education system...well, and every state who is attempting to...
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2016 @ 2:57 am
By: Chris Downey
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan group of Senators to designate the week of January 24-30, 2016 as "National School Choice Week" and recognize that a diversity of choices in K-12 education helps meet the individual needs and strengths of children.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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As we go to press, polls are showing incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan with a slender lead over her Republican challenger, House Speaker Thom Tillis. And Hagan received a minor bump after Labor Day, no doubt as the result of a host of ads from Hagan and allied groups on education funding...
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 @ 12:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Professor George Ehrhardt has written a thoughtful riposte to my recently published argument that group work is a waste of time.
Published: Sunday, August 17th, 2014 @ 8:32 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Is group work a useful teaching tool? A recent commentary by Bruce Gans insists otherwise, claiming that group work “accomplishes little beyond giving faculty time off from the hard work of instructing.”
Published: Friday, August 15th, 2014 @ 4:26 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A long sacrosanct pedagogical principle is that group projects and small group learning are indispensable to learning.
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Reductions in administrative bloat, a focus on improving UNC system efficiency, public-private economic partnerships, and special scholarships and internships for favored groups are features of the higher education portion of Governor McCrory's state budget pitch.
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 2:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A group of East Carolina University faculty members will spend the next 12 months exploring ways to educate students about patient safety, quality improvement and team-based care along with new ways of teaching that engage students more actively in their own education.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 12:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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On Sunday, June 30, a group of 37 organizations representing the higher education establishment took out an ad in the New York Times to run a remarkable statement, "Diversity in Higher Education Remains an Essential National Priority."
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory convened the first North Carolina Education Cabinet meeting in nearly three years today. At the meeting, the group outlined several key goals and objectives to improve our education system.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 12:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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