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Tensions flared between members of the North Carolina State Board of Education on Thursday over the approval of a new charter school.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2024 @ 3:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections has launched a multifaceted public education campaign designed to ensure the state’s 7.5 million registered voters know that they will be asked for photo identification when voting in 2024.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 6:13 pm
By: ENC NOW
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A back-and-forth power struggle between state lawmakers and members of the North Carolina Board of Education came to a head in the new budget—and, at least for now, lawmakers won.
Published: Saturday, January 13th, 2024 @ 8:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Sept. 7, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a new policy entitled “Funding and Accountability for Charter Schools” in an effort to exert more authority over charter school funding.
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections will soon open another application period for eligible educational institutions and government agencies to apply to have their student and employee photo IDs approved for voting purposes in the 2024 elections.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 11:57 am
By: ENC NOW
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I applaud the Court of Appeals opinion that unanimously overturned a lower court ruling.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 10:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Yesterday the State Senate approved major charter school legislation. HB 618, passed by the Senate on a straight party-line vote, transfers the right to authorize charter schools from the State Board of Education to the newly-created, Charter School Review Board.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections is reminding educational institutions and government agencies of this week’s deadline to apply to have their student or employee photo IDs approved for voting purposes in the 2023 municipal elections.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 5:56 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Last August the State Board of Education approved a 6-month delay in the standards revision timeline for Healthful Living Standards. Under the timeline, the first draft of the new standards was scheduled to be released in February 2023.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections is encouraging eligible educational institutions and government agencies to apply to have their student and employee photo IDs approved for voting purposes in upcoming elections.
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 12:58 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Public school teachers would receive “a substantial investment” of a minimum 10% pay bump under a resolution passed March 2 by the North Carolina State Board of Education.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 10:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At yesterday’s monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education, board members heard an update about the review of academic standards in the areas of Science and Healthful Living.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2023 @ 5:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You have to give legislators credit for identifying an issue that has needed addressing for decades. They introduced a bill that would eliminate the power of the sitting governor to name the members of the State Board of Education.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 7:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, broke ranks with her party to support an amendment that could shift the balance of power on the N.C. State Board of Education.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 4:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Stock Proceeds and Dividends Associated with Old Insurance Policy Found in NCCash.com
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 2:29 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Last week, the State Board of Education approved a resolution to move ahead with a framework to create a new way to license and pay teachers. Currently teachers are paid based on their years of experience.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Elections on Wednesday, December 7, will randomly select precincts, early voting sites, and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted by hand as part of a statutorily required post-election audit for the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education runoff election.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 10:59 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The State Board of Elections Will Accept Written Testimony Through August 8 on Its Proposal to Limit Election Observers
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 3:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawyers representing the N.C. State Board of Education label a forced transfer of $785 million for Leandro spending "appropriate" and "necessary."
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 8:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An amendment to make Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt head up the State Board of Education passed two House committees on June 29.
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 2:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A proposed constitutional amendment would make N.C. Board of Education members elected rather than appointed.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 10:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved a request to begin drafting new science and healthful living standards for public schools.
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 @ 10:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In July, the N.C. State Board of Education approved the remaining supplementary materials accompanying revised social studies standards approved earlier this year.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 4:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC), a commission created by legislation in 2017 to advise the State Board of Education on establishing high standards for educators, presented a comprehensive teacher pay proposal
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 2:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Departing member warns of board's trend away from education toward political activism
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate passed a bill Monday, Aug. 9, that would make two updates to the state's charter school law.
Published: Sunday, August 29th, 2021 @ 5:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. State Board of Education has OK’ed the final round of “unpacking documents” for new controversial social studies standards for K-12 public schools.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 5:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education voted 7-3 on Thursday, June 17, to approve guiding documents for controversial new social studies standards that place greater emphasis on race and gender in teaching U.S. history.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education has voted unanimously to switch social-distancing requirements under a “Plan A” return to public school classrooms to 3 feet rather than the previous six feet.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the N.C. State Board of Education votes Thursday, March 4, to reopen schools, a far-left teachers’ union is trying to deny that children are suffering from learning loss.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 7:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday, March 4, calling on all public school districts to give parents the option of in-person learning by the end of March.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 9:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Am I alone or did it strike you as ironic that our State Board of Education met during Black History Month to determine how to characterize slavery and racism in social studies classes?
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 1:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Earlier this month, the State Board of Education approved a new set of standards to guide the social-studies curriculum.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 1:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democrat-controlled N.C. State Board of Education approved Thursday, Feb. 4, a sweeping rewrite of the state’s social studies standards that will now teach nearly every aspect of American history through the lens of racism and discrimination.
Published: Sunday, February 7th, 2021 @ 1:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At today’s State Board of Education meeting, Deputy Secretary of the NC Department of Health and Human Services Susan Gale-Perry, Dr. Betsey Tilson, and Dr. Aditi Mallick will describe the prioritization of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 10:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education has tapped the brakes on the revision of state social studies standards.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Board of Education member James Ford tied “swing voters” and “white moderates” to “white supremacy” in a late-night tweet Monday, Aug. 17.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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