The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us most here in North Carolina, and is distilled for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 9:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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School boards are expected to ensure public education is performing its civic and legal responsibilities to educate our children
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2022 @ 7:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The multiple problems todays public school teachers face are daunting.
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 @ 10:58 pm
By: John W. LaCava
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Polling shows that nearly three-in-four North Carolinians support school choice.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 3:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Giveaway to teachers likely to come at the expense of test scores, even as kids are far behind from previous school closures.
Published: Saturday, August 27th, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said during Tuesday remarks about the state’s education system that Florida is “the place where woke goes to die.”
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 11:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As teacher shortages loom ahead of the new school year, union leaders are calling for more financial resources.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 11:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Bells are ringing across North Carolina as some 1.5 million children start another school year. Can you remember your back-to-school experiences?
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The state of Florida, under the leadership of GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, is going out of its way to help military veterans with a program titled the Military Veterans Certification Pathway that would permit a four-year veteran with a minimum 2.5 GPA in college to teach in classrooms
Published: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Stories about educator employment too often rely on anecdotal evidence, hearsay, and politically motivated testimonials
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 9:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The new North Carolina budget has many positive elements, with notable tax cuts and school choice expansion. On balance, there is more good than bad.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One year ago, with the country at a crossroads, President Biden unveiled his Build Back Better Agenda.
Published: Monday, November 8th, 2021 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina education leaders signed an agreement to address the critical teacher shortage in the state.
Published: Monday, November 8th, 2021 @ 3:08 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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No matter your age I’m betting you remember those annual late-summer trips to Roses “dime” store (or a similar one) to purchase back to school supplies. Must-haves included a new three-ring binder, a big pack of Blue Horse or Write Right loose-leaf notebook paper, course dividers, No. 2 lead Ticonde
Published: Monday, October 25th, 2021 @ 4:23 am
By: Tom Campbell
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, May 28th, 2021 @ 12:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public school teachers in North Carolina receive an average annual salary of $53,392 for the current school year, according to the latest figures from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has experienced just about everything imaginable this year, so with one month to go let’s look at what to expect.
Published: Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 @ 6:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina is facing an education crisis.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 2:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When it comes to reopening public schools there are four things on which most agree.
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2020 @ 11:52 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Public schools are supposed to begin the new year about 75 days from now, so I asked two teachers what to expect.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 7:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Yesterday The Raleigh News and Observer ran an article titled, North Carolina teachers may go on strike for higher pay and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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During the first few weeks of every new school year, the mainstream media and public–school advocacy organizations proclaim North Carolina has a severe teacher shortage.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 12:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Education Committee Backs Bills Regarding Read to Achieve, Retired Teachers, and Testing CutsWednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 1:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate Education Committee took action Wednesday, April 10, on a number of bills, including a law easing rules on welding and manufacturing internships.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today urged legislative Republicans to provide funding for smaller class sizes to phase in the currently unfunded mandate when they convene in Raleigh next week
Published: Monday, January 8th, 2018 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A new initiative in North Carolina, Teaching Scholars Award Program, aims to encourage young teachers to work in rural areas in exchange for financial rewards and enrichment opportunities
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Staffing may hobble class size reduction efforts
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A host of luminaries led by UNC system President Margaret Spellings used a Thursday press conference to announce a newly branded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 9:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, Republican candidates for the General Assembly and statewide offices have been told that their policies are to blame for the fact that fewer high school graduates pursue teaching careers
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The truth is that education school enrollment is dropping nationwide. According to the latest Title II reports published by the U.S. Department of Education, there was a 30 percent drop in education school enrollment between the 2008-09 and 2012-13 school years. Nearly 110,000 fewer students...
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nora Carr is the Guilford County Schools Chief of Staff to Superintendent Mo Green and writes columns on communications and messaging for the American School Board Journal.
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2015 @ 10:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out," comedian George Carlin once quipped. Perhaps, then, North Carolinians should be suspicious about the fact that the University of North Carolina system's president, a Democrat, and its Board of Governors...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 11:57 am
By: John William Pope Center
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