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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) recently received approximately $17 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help meet the mental health needs of students in the state’s public schools.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 5:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In July, the U.S. Department of Education imposed new rules that school choice advocates say will have a negative impact on public charter schools.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 5:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the U.S. Department of Education released the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trend results.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke during the Moms For Liberty National Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday and called on abolishing the federal agency she once served.
Published: Friday, July 29th, 2022 @ 10:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Department of Education proposed new regulations on Wednesday to cancel student loans for individuals whose schools closed or who are permanently disabled.
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2022 @ 8:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On July 1, the U.S. Department of Education announced the new rules for the federal Charter Schools Program.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 11:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Department of Education settled a class action lawsuit arguing that the agency was ignoring students’ loan cancellation claims — a move that resulted in the nixing of $6 billion in debt.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and the republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee expanded their ongoing probe into the federal government’s policing of school board meetings to include the Department of Education.
Published: Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 @ 4:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Department of Education awarded North Carolina $10 million to bring more educationally disadvantaged students to charter schools, but state constraints on charters may make spending that money a challenge.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The final year of the U.S. Department of Education in the Obama administration is noteworthy for all its carnage
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 @ 2:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing students and parents at North Carolina public schools and universities filed suit Tuesday against the U.S. departments of Justice and Education.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 4:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Department of Education has issued a testing compliance ultimatum to several states, including North Carolina, and the ultimatum includes the threat of legal action. This activity is tied to controversial re-authorization of No Child Left Behind, known as Every School Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 @ 6:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's public schools rely on a steady stream of out-of-state teachers to fill hard-to-staff positions and meet the demands of student enrollment growth
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 12:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina is among nine states to win approval of its Excellent Educators for All plan by the U.S. Department of Education.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 9:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled its controversial College Scorecard website and accompanying data
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee recently, I was asked by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) if, with respect to higher education, I would favor eliminating the U.S. Department of Education.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:40 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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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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According to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, 15 percent of community college students who transfer lose nearly all of their credits in the process, costing them precious time and money. Another third lose a significant proportion of their credits...
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 @ 12:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a project of the U.S. Department of Education, administers U.S. history, geography, and civics assessments once every four years. In 2014, a representative sample of over 29,000 eighth-grade students from across the nation took one of the...
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated North Carolina A&T State University today for being awarded a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Energy grant dedicated to cyber security research and education.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 2:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For years teachers have felt frustrated because they believe they are underpaid for a mentally and physically demanding job.
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Department of Education has collected data on teacher shortage areas since the early 1990s.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Department of Education released its latest draft of new gainful employment regulations on March 14. Gainful employment is the term used for the department's standards for vocational programs at for-profit institutions and community colleges. Under the new rules, schools at which a large...
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:05 am
By: John William Pope Center
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On June 13 the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released Common Core Demystified. The document was intended to quell what DPI regarded as confusion and stem the growing public opposition to Common Core Standards (CCS).
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 11:21 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The U.S. Department of Education released on Monday state-by-state graduation rates for the 2010-11 school year. North Carolina's rate of 78 percent was tied for 26th-highest in the nation.
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2012 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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