In 2020, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction will complete a review and revision of academic standards for the state’s K-12 social studies courses.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
Justin Hamilton’s company farm last year lost an entire greenhouse of hemp — somewhere between $25,000 and $35,000 — because his crop violated the state’s THC threshold by 0.1%.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
East Carolina University is at the forefront of training theater and dance students in the latest industry standards led by a growing part of production teams: intimacy directors and coordinators.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 9:04 am
By: ECU News Services
|
We're working on CAFE standards, environmental controls. We're working on how to build more cars in the United States.
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 6:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
North Carolina already trails Virginia in claiming more than $92 million from a lawsuit settlement involving automaker Volkswagen. A constitutional separation-of-powers lawsuit filed by Gov. Roy Cooper against the General Assembly could add to the delays
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 3:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
I just love old houses-this one, and every other one too. This one needed a roof when I bought it.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 @ 10:09 am
By: Michele Rhem
|
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Aliso Viejo, Calif., recently conferred a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2016 @ 9:45 am
By: Russell Allen
|
Associate Professor Denise Dickins has been appointed to the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 1:26 am
By: ECU News Services
|
All eight of the Vidant Health hospitals received high marks in nutrition, tobacco-free environment, culture of wellness and physical activity from Prevention Partners
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:57 am
By: Christopher Maye
|
Most of our state's 16 public universities are thriving but the UNC Board of Governors and our General Assembly continue to look for solutions at struggling campuses in smaller communities and those with larger minority enrollments.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 4:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
|
Two months after the Academic Standards Review Commission issued its final report, the fate of Common Core in North Carolina is far from settled. The State Board of Education will discuss the report’s findings next month.
Published: Thursday, April 28th, 2016 @ 12:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Two months after the Academic Standards Review Commission issued its final report, the fate of Common Core in North Carolina is far from settled.
Published: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 9:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
|
After fifteen months of work, the ASRC is in the process of finalizing their reports and submitting them to the State Board of Education and General Assembly. Their work has been thorough and has included surveys, examination of other standards in other states, testimony from experts and parents.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 10:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Over the last few weeks, the Raleigh News and Observer (along with its sister outlet, the Charlotte Observer) has been waging war on the opponents of Common Core and in particular on the Academic Standards Review Commission, the body tasked with reviewing the math and English standards and...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
On Friday, December 18th, the North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission (ASRC) tasked with providing recommendations to replace Common Core standards held their last meeting. All indications over the prior fourteen months of meetings pointed to substantial changes being recommended.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
I used to have the naive idea that journalists based their editorial decisions on independent standards that obtained no matter who was involved in a news story.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The News & Observer is doing its darnedest to ignore the growing criticism of Common Core standards. The paper's recent editorial "Defending Common Core" was an exercise in putting lipstick on a pig.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis talked Obamacare, energy policy, the federal budget, and the Export-Import Bank during a meeting with Americans for Prosperity activists during a luncheon Monday at the Langtree Plantation in Mooresville
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
In 49 states it is legal for an employer to pay an employee below minimum wage because the worker is disabled
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 9:44 am
By: Sabe Wilis
|
The Common Core Standards is a private and federal initiative to reform public education into one that spits out workers, not thinkers
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 11:01 am
By: Diane Rufino
|
Professor Terrance Moore of Hillsdale College presents "How Common Core Destroys the Minds and Souls of our Children"
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 3:56 pm
By: Diane Rufino
|
Wednesday marked the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. How did you celebrate?
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 4:05 am
By: Chris Downey
|
In his article "Maintaining rigor and listening to teachers in the debate over academic standards," Keith Poston argues against revisions to the current Common Core standards and the importance of ensuring teachers have a voice in this discussion. In a two-part response, I argue, in part one...
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 8:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
The state commission looking into replacing the Common Core State Standards in North Carolina has gotten some short-term funding, but will have to wait until lawmakers return later in January to get its own budget.
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
When state legislators created a new commission last summer to review North Carolina's participation in Common Core standards for elementary and secondary schools, they made an excellent decision.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 10:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Governor Pat McCrory responded today to the misleading and factually incorrect story that was published yesterday from the Associated Press
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 2:07 am
By: Chris Downey
|
The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2014 @ 7:14 pm
By: Chris Downey
|
Starting next fall, N.C. Central University, Elizabeth City State University, and Fayetteville State University will be allowed to admit students with SAT scores as low as 750 (the current systemwide minimum is 800).
Published: Friday, November 28th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Billionaire Bill Gates, who has spent millions advocating for and implementing the Common Core Standards in 44 states and thousands of public schools across the United States, sends his children to a private school where it's hard to find any mention of the increasingly unpopular Common Core.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
From 2009 to 2013, the University of North Carolina system gradually increased its minimum admission standards. Students entering UNC schools this fall had to score at least 800 on combined math and verbal SAT tests to be admitted.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 5:08 pm
By: John William Pope Center
|
Republican Ken Smith says his campaign to oust Democratic incumbent Rep. William Brisson from the House District 22 seat in the General Assembly is nothing personal.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|