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According to Catherine Truitt, N.C. superintendent of Public Instruction, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to underscore the limited nature of North Carolina’s accountability on public schools.
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2023 @ 6:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The 2017-18 school performance grades are in, and it’s mixed bag of good news and bad. Meanwhile, education leaders continue to promise improvements in academic performance
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina is in good shape, but the 17-school system is ever in need of improvement
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report shows that charter schools are becoming more racially diverse, enrolling more impoverished students, and performing better than in previous years, but experts say challenges remain
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 5:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report shows that charter schools are becoming more racially diverse, enrolling more impoverished students, and performing better than in previous years, but experts say challenges remain
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2018 @ 9:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Proponents of school choice in North Carolina have reason to cheer the state’s ninth-place ranking in the Center for Education Reform Parent Power! Index for 2017
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2017 @ 9:29 am
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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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated the state's teachers for helping achieve one of the highest high school graduation rates in North Carolina's history. For the 2014-15 school year, the high school graduation rate was 85.4 percent, a 17 point improvement from the 2005-06 academic year.
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015 @ 7:33 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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During the 1990s, North Carolina's public schools posted some of the strongest performance gains in the country on independent reading and math tests. Democrats and Republicans took pride in the accomplishment and vied for the credit. Over the past decade, however, the trend has been markedly...
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 8:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement after overall high school graduation rates in North Carolina rose to 82.5 percent, a 14 point improvement since the 2006 academic year.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2013 @ 12:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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