ECU doctoral students work for the underserved
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 5:13 am
By: ECU News Services
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In a dramatic ruling issued just days before midterm elections, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling and ordered the transfer of millions of dollars to pay for a school improvement plan designed to ensure North Carolina’s school children receive a sound basic education
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the John Locke Foundation released “A Parents’ Bill of Rights for North Carolina.”
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s state constitution, in Article IX, section 1 (“Education Encouraged”), reads: “Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, libraries, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina’s self-described teachers’ union still has clout with many Democratic lawmakers in the legislature, but its influence — and popularity — with teachers and everyday North Carolinians appears to be waning.
Published: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 @ 3:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Accountability for publicly funded school choice programs should primarily come through parent empowerment, not regulatory overreach. That’s the assessment of a new report from Notre Dame Law School scholar Nicole Stelle Garnett published by the Manhattan Institute.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 10:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House is wasting little time addressing the challenges COVID-19 has posed to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After nearly a six month wait, Judge David Lee has released the long awaited consultant recommendations for North Carolina public schools.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 8:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The timeline for identifying and selecting a school to be included in the Innovative School District is too short, the vice chair of the State Board of Education said Wednesday, Dec. 5
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 8:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wayne County Public School officials haven't welcomed the Innovative School District's decision to recommend Carver Heights Elementary with open arms
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2018 @ 6:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education in a 7-5 vote agreed Thursday, Nov. 1, to delay for another month a decision on whether to approve the recommendation of Carver Heights Elementary to the Innovative School District
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The list of schools eligible for the Innovative School District program just got a little smaller. Six schools remain as officials led by ISD Superintendent Eric Hall narrowed the list of schools eligible for the new program starting in the 2018-19 school year.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 7:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Draft Teacher Turnover Report Shows Improvement
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 5:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A state House committee on Wednesday looked at some of the successes and pitfalls neighboring Tennessee's Achievement School District has experienced as lawmakers pondered ways to turn around some of the state's worst performing schools.
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's College of Education hosted the spring 2016 Margaret Blount Harvey Literacy Institute on Jan. 30 for students and educators in the Latham Clinical Schools Network, a privately funded partnership that supports the enhancement of 39 school systems in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2016 @ 5:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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In recent years, advocates on the left and right have advanced reforms designed to improve low-performing public schools in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 6:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed six bills into law today
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 4:25 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory spoke with teachers from throughout the state today for a meeting of his Teacher Advisory Committee, a committee re-established in September 2013 to address the needs of North Carolina K-12 teachers and students.
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 1:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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In February, I published a column titled, "Data Do Not Reflect Claims of Teacher Dissatisfaction," which pointed out that state and national data disagree with those who claim that the teaching profession is increasingly constrained and unhappy.
Published: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fair warning: I may be about to bore you to distraction. Is there any more potent political issue in North Carolina than education? Probably not. As allies of the teachers union, Democrats hope to ride the issue back into power in Raleigh, at least by 2016. As advocates of performance pay and...
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chocowinity Middle School Principal Dale Cole was named the 2013 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year during a luncheon ceremony held in Cary on Thursday, April 4.
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Preliminary AYP, or Adequate Yearly Progress, results have been released for the 2010-2011 school year. This was the first year where dramatic increases in proficiency target goals applied. Participation target goals remained the same as in previous years.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2011 @ 6:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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