State House lawmakers from two of the state's largest school districts are calling on Governor Roy Cooper to stop delaying and sign Senate Bill 37, which ensures every family in North Carolina has access to in-person learning in K-12 public schools if they so choose.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus pandemic has created a window of opportunity for school choice, says a panel of experts at a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 @ 10:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the General Assembly reconvenes next week, broadband promises to be a hot topic.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 3:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More and more school districts are making decisions not to return students to in-class instruction until early spring
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our schools have gone in a variety of directions.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the last of the three waves of the 1918 Spanish Flu subsided in 1920, America began an incomparable period of economic growth, good times and opportunity called “The Roaring Twenties.”
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As we popped the cork to toast the new decade, we anticipated that 2020 would be an exciting year, filled with interesting developments — some good and perhaps even rambunctious. Nobody could have predicted the four crises we would face.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A group of Wisconsin parents, along with School Choice Wisconsin, is suing the city of Racine after the city closed its schools, defying a Wisconsin Supreme Court restraining order preventing the city from closing the schools.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 11:48 am
By: Daily Wire
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More students face repeating a grade than any time in the past century, says David Stegall, deputy superintendent of innovation at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 @ 10:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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2020 has been a tough year for North Carolina public schools.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 12:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Cultural Arts LIVE Conference will feature virtual learning on art, music, writing, dance and more
Published: Monday, November 30th, 2020 @ 10:42 am
By: Governor's Office
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Races filling the N.C. ballot were won or lost by the thinnest of margins.
Published: Saturday, November 14th, 2020 @ 2:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Fairfax Education Association (FEA) is demanding all in-person instruction be banned until at least August of 2021.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 8:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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REAL 2.0 Remote Learning Conference to be held on October 28, 2020 online
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 5:13 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Mysty Blagg’s twins, like most public school students in North Carolina, are falling behind.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I spent several days with three students who are, by mandate from the governor and the Mecklenburg County school board, learning at home.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Virtual learning is taking a toll on Chloe Dixon’s children.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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How to Get Your Check
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 4:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A group of teachers is prioritizing itself over students, experts say of recent tactics from the N.C. Association of Educators.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For Tara Deane’s two youngest children, virtual learning has been a nightmare.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 9:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Rep. Keith Kidwell Supports Historic Relief for North Carolina Families, Schools, and Health SystemsOverwhelming bipartisan support for Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0; sends General Assembly proposals to the Governor
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Keith D Kidwell
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Joe Biden for President makes another unforced error in hosting a “Back to School” virtual rally featuring Jill Biden, which puts a spotlight on Democrat Governor Roy Cooper’s utter failure to get kids back to school.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 9:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law requested records from Durham Public Schools in connection with DPS’s plan to operate expensive learning centers at public schools.
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 12:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Statement from Lt. Governor Forest as parents, teachers and school districts throughout our state are trying to comply with Gov. Cooper's "no plan" plan for reopening schools
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 1:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced during a Tuesday, July 14, news conference that schools can reopen in the fall with a mix of in-person instruction and remote learning.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2020 @ 9:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While public schools wait for Gov. Roy Cooper to decide how classes will look this year, private schools are finalizing plans for reopening.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 @ 11:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper appears unwilling to allow North Carolina’s 1.5 million public school children to return to school full-time this fall, and parents must prepare for the life-altering consequences of Cooper’s decisions which will be announced July 1.
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2020 @ 7:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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For the first time in over 50 years, the State of North Carolina Internship Program is modifying its standard hands-on learning approach to provide a virtual learning experience to students this summer due to COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 4:19 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina’s community colleges are struggling to avoid revenue shortfalls and payroll problems.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 2:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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