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The final of three debates on challenges facing North Carolina’s education system is slated for Wednesday evening, November 1, in Benson at the W. J. Barefoot Auditorium. This time experts will focus on education funding in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2024 @ 2:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed April as STEM Education Month in North Carolina to highlight the positive impacts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and recognize STEM educators across the state that are preparing students for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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The ancient Greeks had a rather unique system of education.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Lacava
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The state's current system prioritizes years of service and credentialing for teachers in determining pay. Top education leaders say a new proposal would revamp that structure, putting more emphasis on performance and provide clear pathways for advancement.
Published: Sunday, August 7th, 2022 @ 9:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed April as North Carolina STEM Education Month to show support for the students, leaders and organizations in the science, technology, engineering and math fields across our state.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 2:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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ECU programs will give underserved preschoolers a head start in science, health education
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 @ 12:04 pm
By: ECU News Services
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UScellular Committing $100,000 to Support STEM Education Through DonorsChoose
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 3:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC System Senior Vice President Andrew Kelly considers the uncertain future of higher education in a new report for the American Enterprise Institute (co-authored with Rooney Columbus).
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 @ 6:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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David Harsanyi explains to National Review Online readers why he would “destroy” America’s public education system.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here's a good news-bad news story that needs a happy ending. The good news is that as of January our state's unemployment rate was 3.6 percent. When you consider it was 4.5 percent last February that's cause for celebration
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 9:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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My Administration will do everything possible to provide our children, especially kids in underserved areas, with access to high-quality education in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 1:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Friday was right. Friday, the founding president of the 16 campus University of North Carolina System, fought with then-Governor Bob Scott in 1971 over the creation of the new system
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. Community College System, following the abrupt departure of fledgling former President James C. "Jimmie" Williamson, is under new leadership that could better partnerships between community colleges and the University of North Carolina System.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement today on the passing of former UNC President C.D. Spangler
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 1:14 am
By: Governor's Office
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If I told you that North Carolina had one of America's top-ranked systems of public education, there are at least three ways you could respond
Published: Sunday, July 22nd, 2018 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After months of searching, UNC-Asheville has a new chancellor. Nancy Cable, president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations - an organization that funds private higher education, health care, and religious causes, among others - was elected to lead the university
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 11:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the N.C. General Assembly drops its state budget for 2018-19, North Carolina's public colleges and universities vie for money to back career and technical education, employee raises, and system upgrades
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To encourage students to pursue science-related careers and businesses to continue investing in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper has declared April as STEM Education month
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 12:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fate of the state's public education system is now in the hands of the North Carolina Supreme Court after justices heard two cases regarding the constitutional authority of the State Board of Education
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 8:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Students interested in pursuing a teaching career in the fields of science, technology, math or special education can now apply online for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the Administration's top priorities is providing more Americans the opportunity to obtain relevant education and skills that lead to a good job.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 9:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two National Science Foundation grants totaling almost $1.6 million will help East Carolina University's College of Education improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education and introduce computational thinking to schoolchildren in rural areas
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 @ 3:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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UNC system president Margaret Spellings released a statement following today's meeting of the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A five-year, $1,192,468 million grant will help East Carolina University's College of Education provide scholarships for additional math and science teachers in eastern North Carolina as well as gain insight into their early teaching experience
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 7:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Pay increases that were awarded last week to seven UNC system chancellors reflect a national trend that tends to inflate salaries for public higher-education administrators, an expert on college affordability said
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2016 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently I attended a meeting of a committee of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors that has a mission of "setting goals for economic impact." Higher education's role in the economy cannot be ignored; the extent of that role is, however, highly debatable
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In an exclusive interview with Carolina Journal, UNC system President Margaret Spellings discussed her leadership priorities, the future of UNC's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the impacts of technology on the future of higher education
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Higher education reformers have long argued that colleges' admissions selectivity reveals little about their educational quality and how well they prepare students for the workforce and civic life
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2016 @ 10:13 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC President Margaret Spellings has said that the North Carolina legislature's proposed Guaranteed Admissions Program (NC GAP) has identified the right problem, but has come up with the wrong solution. Her vision is of a UNC system accessible to everyone and educating everyone—not just elites
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The increased use of non-tenure track faculty by universities has drawn condemnation from many entrenched in the seniority system, but critics may be ignoring the more complex realities and distinctive needs of 21st Century higher education.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 @ 10:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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