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new board candidate works for a competitor, a charter school
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2026 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Steed
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We were invited to attend the meeting of Pamlico Partners for Democracy, a group concerned about current threats to Democracy.
Published: Saturday, January 13th, 2024 @ 3:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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School bells are ringing across North Carolina. Children are having backpacks blessed. Seniors are driving decorated cars around neighborhoods to the school parking lot. Excitement rises as the back-to-school rituals crank up.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:02 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Merit-based teacher pay rewards excellence and encourages outstanding teachers to enter and remain in the profession
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Stories about educator employment too often rely on anecdotal evidence, hearsay, and politically motivated testimonials
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 9:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now is a good time for lemonade. At least that’s true of metaphorical lemonade squeezed from life’s lemons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 4:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few days, the legislature finally adjourned and ended one of the longest legislative sessions in recent history.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A bill allowing retired teachers to return to the classroom unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday, May 8.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC House: Hospitals are Too Important to Fail, but Taxpayers are Unimportant to Save Them Money
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 @ 9:39 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Senate Bill 399, “Rehire High-Need Teachers,” would let educators who are at least six months into retirement take jobs at schools that receive D or F grades under the state’s school performance rankings.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 1:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Good News in Teacher Turnover Report
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2018 @ 3:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Burdge Talley, age 99, a resident of Washington, NC, died Wednesday February 8, 2017 at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Home
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2017 @ 11:11 am
By: Announcements
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East Carolina University's College of Education is recruiting 54 paid tutoring positions in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2016 @ 12:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Rarely have I read a book about higher education that is so varied as Michael Roth’s Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 9:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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State Treasurer Janet Cowell's surprise announcement she wouldn't seek re-election left many wondering who should be the next "keeper of the public purse."
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 1:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Just when we were beginning to trust that North Carolina's Medicaid program was better managed and actually spending within its allocated budget we learned the program hasn't been paying doctors and hospitals what they are owed.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 3:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It appears the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) have been providing free office space for years to the local branch of an organization with close ties to state and national, politically-active teacher unions.
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 10:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs to the state budget.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Headlines across the nation have been sounding the alarm about state government pensions. Even very conservative estimates place the total amount of unfunded state pension liabilities to be approaching a trillion dollars nationally.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 4:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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