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Personnel changes strengthen essential operations at state elections board
Published: Saturday, November 15th, 2025 @ 8:35 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A bipartisan bill is on the move in the General Assembly that would require middle and high-school students enrolled in traditional public schools to complete a career development plan.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 8:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Recent analysis has shown that public charter schools are out-performing their traditional public school counterparts on several key metrics, both nationally and in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 5:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Top N.C. legislative leaders are appealing the latest ruling in the long-running Leandro education funding case to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 7:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The worst of pandemic-induced learning loss is behind us but there’s still work to do. That’s according to data in a new report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 12:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge James Ammons has ordered $677 million in additional state spending to address obligations related to the long-running Leandro case.
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 @ 1:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Auditor’s Office found that the N.C. Department of Public Instruction had some issues during a Statewide Federal Compliance Audit.
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 @ 11:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would change the governance structure for three state schools for the deaf and the blind became law on Monday without Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature.
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 @ 10:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders call for new Leandro Judge James Ammons to slice the state's education spending obligation from $677 million to $377 million.
Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointment power would be reduced under a bill passed March 1 by the North Carolina House.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 10:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Board of Community Colleges recently approved a policy that makes it easier for bachelor-degree holding college graduates to obtain a teacher license and become elementary-school educators.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Winning teams come from high schools and universities in Durham, Mecklenburg, Orange and Wake counties
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 12:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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Ryan Boyce will take over as director of North Carolina’s Administrative Office of the Courts, effective April 4. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby appointed Boyce to the position Friday.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 1:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House K-12 Education Committee passed a bill Jan. 31 that directs federal COVID-19 relief dollars to fund a new software program for remedying learning loss.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Career and Technical Education programs in public schools across North Carolina are getting a boost in the form of $3 million in new funding for 2022, announced Jan. 17 by Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 11:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has released an update on Operation Polaris, a four-year plan for strengthening student outcomes across the state.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A presentation to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on Nov. 29 revealed marginal improvements in reading proficiency for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade, although learning loss from pandemic school closures is having an impact, particularly for minority students.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 7:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Since the pandemic, the sizable growth of public charter schools in North Carolina shows that parents want different choices for their children's education.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Test scores improved for 3rd through 8th grade across categories during the 2021-2022 school year.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 2:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina students in early elementary education are reading more proficiently today compared to a year ago, according to the results of a new analysis.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 11:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt proposes using COVID-19 relief funds to cover principal pay gap.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Staff errors led to a series of financial missteps at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, according to the results of a new audit from the office of N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 1:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation and N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law label a proposed forced money transfer in the Leandro case "unconstitutional."
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The judge in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding legal dispute calls for state government to spend an additional $785 million on education-related items.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 1:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The former presiding jurist in the Leandro school funding case says the current struggles facing public schools in North Carolina are more about a breakdown in classroom instruction than a lack of funding.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs and N.C. Justice Department lawyers are urging a judge to order $795 million in new state education spending.
Published: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 @ 1:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Six billion dollars — remember that number. The North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office says that’s how much money our state has received for K-12 Covid-19 relief via the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Act (ESSER).
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“’Learning loss’ is a false construct.”
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 3:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers working for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein will soon ask the state Supreme Court to jump back into the long-running Leandro school funding dispute.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 11:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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