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At an adults-only family meeting held behind closed doors, the parents of 7-year-old Tim Wilcott shared their concerns that "Little Timmy" had not yet graduated high school.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 10:07 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers used his veto power as governor to increase funding for public schools for 400 years.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Former Fox News anchor and current podcast host Megyn Kelly, who has a nine-year-old child of her own, fired back at calls from gun control advocates after the Nashville school shooting in which three nine-year-olds were murdered.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 4:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program during the 2022-23 school year.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 11:19 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Dues for the current North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) have increased across North Carolina for the 2022-2023 school year.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the first time in nine years, enrollment in UNC System schools is down this year, particularly in graduate programs.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 9:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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State lawmakers have approved over $500 million in school safety funding since 2013, and Gov. Pat McCrory created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools that year
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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happened in Wake County
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 9:08 am
By: John Steed
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Next week, North Carolina's youngest children who are eligible for food assistance benefits will begin to receive extra monthly benefits tied to the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2021-2022 school year.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 8:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Tuesday, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the elimination of primary statewide standardized tests in public schools after this year.
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 7:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Applications for some 20,000 private school scholarships designed for low- and middle-income families opened this week for the 2022-23 school year, launching what promises to be another robust year of growth for school choice in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Sunday, February 6th, 2022 @ 2:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue the Student Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) food assistance program
Published: Sunday, December 19th, 2021 @ 8:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper, NC DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen and State Health Director Dr. Betsey Tilson sent a letter to school boards that have failed to adopt the StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit urging them to protect their students and staff in the new school year.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 12:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Test results in reading, math, and science for the 2020-21 school year show the effects school closures and remote learning have had on public school students in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper and NC DHHS Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced that K-12 public schools will operate with a combination of limited in-person and remote learning this school year under a modified Plan B outlined in the Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2020 @ 4:19 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper was supposed to announce the state’s official back-to-school plan on Wednesday, July 1.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina System won’t raise tuition and fees this year while students and their families struggle to stay financially afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 1:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In-person schooling has been canceled for the rest of the school year in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 8:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The legislature has once again gone on vacation without doing anything for teachers who have started the school year without a state-funded pay raise.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 @ 5:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The last few days have flown by like a "whirlwind". When "the dust settled", children had graduated and a closing ceremony concluded the school year.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2019 @ 9:18 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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According to data recently released by the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education, an estimated 135,749 students enrolled in homeschools last year, a 6.2 percent increase over the previous school year
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Republican legislative leaders announced a fix to the class size mandate, which would phase in smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of an immediate fix this school year
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 8:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC Greensboro will take over a low-performing Rockingham County elementary school this year, a chance for student teachers and administrators to lend a hand to struggling children and families
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 5:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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From her 30-year career as a school nurse and nurse administrator, Terri Joyner knows that healthy children learn better- and that school nurses are key to making that happen
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 9:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It's back to school time. While parents and children get ready for what we hope is another successful academic year, here are some interesting numbers for everyone concerned about education in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 @ 9:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Martin Community College was at increased risk of fraud and its true financial picture was clouded because it lacked proper controls over financial reporting that resulted in a series of accounting errors, based on an audit of the 2014-15 school year by the Office of State Auditor
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 11:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a report (PDF) published by the NC Department of Public Instruction, 79,575, or 5.2 percent, of North Carolina's public school students attend a charter school in North Carolina this year.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The term "Zero Tolerance," as it applies to school policies, is well known in society. Examples that might come to mind include a seven-year-old being suspended for eating a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun or a teen being suspended for wearing an American flag shirt.
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 6:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Next week, the NC State Board of Education will discuss and likely approve the draft Consolidated Data Report for the 2014-15 school year. The report includes data on school crime and violence, suspensions, expulsions, corporal punishment, reassignments for disciplinary reasons, alternative...
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 4:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory led an educational discussion about Connect NC today at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Governor McCrory is the first governor to visit the UNCSA campus in more than 10-years. The conversation focused on what the bond would bring to UNCSA and the Triad...
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 3:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center (LWJCC), a joint venture between Vidant Medical Center and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, has been granted a three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered...
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 9:42 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Last week, the NC Department of Public Instruction released financial data for the 2014-15 school year. In the table below, I included per pupil expenditure figures and (composite) grade-level math and reading proficiency percentages for students in grades 3-8.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released the state's annual teacher turnover report. The overall turnover rate for the 2014-2015 school year climbed to 14.84 percent, a 0.7 percent increase from a year prior. The release of the report generated extensive media coverage, a...
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released student performance data for all schools and school districts in the state. The release included school performance grades, end-of-course and end-of-grade achievement level results, school accountability growth data, the 4-year and...
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 3:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It may be a shameless plug, but I think many readers might be interested in my new book
Published: Saturday, August 29th, 2015 @ 3:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The new slate of officers guiding East Carolina University's Student Government Association has made transparency in campus leadership activities a top priority for the upcoming school year.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 6:10 pm
By: ECU News Services
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