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In the last year, there has been a push in North Carolina, on par with a national trend, to increase education related to trades-focused careers, with national funding allocated to trade programs.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2026 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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USDA funding will benefit 2,674 people, 84 businesses, 117 farms and four educational facilities
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 5:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper is doubling down on his declared “state of emergency” over K-12 public education funding in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 10:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took to a live streamed YouTube event on Monday to declare a statewide “emergency” over K-12 public school education funding.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 4:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A lawyer representing a group of N.C. "business leaders" says the group never tried to misrepresent the NC Chamber's support for plaintiffs in the Leandro school funding case.
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2022 @ 8:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Below is a statement the Association sent to statewide media today indicating support for Speaker Moore's public education bond proposal. You will soon receive the proposed 2018-19 NCACC legislative goals package, which includes a goal in support of increased education funding.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is holding a rally in Raleigh where the organization is having teachers meet to lobby legislators for higher salaries and more education funding
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2018 @ 10:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This past Sunday, editors at the News & Observer ran Tell the truth on NC school funding. Not surprisingly, the N&O gives their side of school funding.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Board of Education Chairman Emeritus Phil Kirk set the record straight about education funding in North Carolina in a recent opinion piece.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2016 @ 10:35 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In his new ad, Democratic candidate for N.C. governor Roy Cooper focuses on a teacher who says she had to leave North Carolina to find a better-paying job in another state.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 6:33 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory welcomed teachers and students across the state to a new school year during a visit to Newton-Conover High School today.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2016 @ 10:18 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory is welcoming students and educators back to school.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 @ 3:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The truth is that education school enrollment is dropping nationwide. According to the latest Title II reports published by the U.S. Department of Education, there was a 30 percent drop in education school enrollment between the 2008-09 and 2012-13 school years. Nearly 110,000 fewer students...
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cracks are appearing in the longstanding school tradition of breaking for the summer; not everyone prefers the traditional schedule. In some circles, a year-round schedule is gaining in popularity. For example, in Wake County, more than a third of elementary schools have year-round schedules.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 5:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The question of whether North Carolina education spending has increased or decreased is front and center in the race for U.S. Senate. Supporters of Democrat Kay Hagan's campaign have bombarded the airwaves with claims that Republican candidate Thom Tillis cut $500 million from the state education...
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several of my recent columns have addressed the statistical basis of political disputes over education funding, the state budget, and declines in North Carolina’s unemployment rate.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced a sweeping array of education initiatives that will increase teacher pay, provide in-state tuition for newly separated veterans, increase funding for textbooks and establish salary supplements for teachers who obtain advanced degrees in a subject they are teaching.
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 5:01 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a $20.6 billion budget today that increases K-12 education funding, incorporates fiscally-responsible tax reform and lays the foundation for economic growth and job creation.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 2012, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction will introduce new curricula and standards for all public school students. This will include the new North Carolina Essential Standards for social studies, science, arts education, and world languages, among others.
Published: Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 @ 5:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public schooling is the state's single largest, and arguably most important, expenditure. More than one-third of North Carolina's new $20.2 billion General Fund budget is set aside for K-12 education.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's governor, and N.C. Association of Educators' campaign favorite, Bev Perdue, is currently recommending cutting next year's state education funding by 5 to 10 percent.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 @ 12:51 am
By: BCN
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