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Winning Student Teams Selected from Cabarrus, Forsyth, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Pitt and Wake Counties in Fourth Annual Ready, Set, App! Competition
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Governor's Office
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Yesterday State Auditor, Beth Wood, released results of an audit highly critical of how the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) allocated $180 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Leadership Conference shares best practices and tools to tackle teaching remotely due to COVID-19
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 5:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2020 @ 9:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC Virtual Academy charter school has asked the State Board of Education to grant an enrollment increase of up to 20%.
Published: Monday, June 1st, 2020 @ 11:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week Gov. Roy Cooper extended the closure of all public schools in North Carolina through May 15 via executive order. Among other things, Cooper said the extension is necessary to promote public health and safety in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 9:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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One day after declaring a state of emergency, Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order prohibiting mass gatherings greater than 100 people and closing the public schools until March 30 to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2020 @ 2:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Office of State Human Resources has announced a solution to prevent the layoffs of 220 teachers with the N.C Virtual Public School.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Education officials and lawmakers are scrambling to prevent the lay-offs of 220 teachers at the N.C. Virtual Public School during the upcoming fall semester.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2019 @ 9:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since National School Choice Week began in 2011, North Carolina has become a leader in expanding educational opportunities
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 12:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Proponents of school choice in North Carolina have reason to cheer the state’s ninth-place ranking in the Center for Education Reform Parent Power! Index for 2017
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2017 @ 9:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory spoke with teachers from throughout the state today for a meeting of his Teacher Advisory Committee, a committee re-established in September 2013 to address the needs of North Carolina K-12 teachers and students.
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 1:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Kay Hagan and her comrades in the drive-by media want to talk about education in terms of "cuts", how much is and is not being spent on various government programs, and how evil Republicans are toward the "lil' chil'ren."
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In November, the NC Office of the State Auditor released a critical audit of the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS).
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 4:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Virtual Public School is doing a poor job tracking enrollment figures, a new audit says. "Student enrollment is a key factor used to calculate NCVPS teacher pay," says the report, prepared by state Auditor Beth Wood's office. "As a result, there is an increased risk that errors could be...
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced the following appointees to the Governor's Teacher Advisory Committee: Elizabeth Jones, Rebecca Bishop, George Brunetti, Alton Campbell, Dorothy Case, Kristin Cubbage, Diana de los Santos, Margaret Feldman, DeAnna Foust-Platt, Rene Herrick, Andrew Hodges, etc...
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 4:30 pm
By: David Winstead
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Chocowinity Middle School Principal Dale Cole was named the 2013 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year during a luncheon ceremony held in Cary on Thursday, April 4.
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Potential charter school operators, including two that would operate online, flooded the state with 154 letters of intent to open in fall 2014, punctuating a growing appetite for alternatives to traditional public education.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Virtual charter schools and other distance-learning options would be unshackled from the legal-political bind in which they remain idled if Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Forest has his way.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Board of Education Vision of Public Education in North Carolina: A Great Public Education System for a Great State is the title of a vision statement adopted by the State Board of Education earlier this month.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 12:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the traditional public school year in North Carolina is about to begin, Cabarrus County proponents of a statewide virtual charter school cling to longshot hopes that their unprecedented e-learning institution can open this year.
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 6:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since taking office as your Lieutenant Governor, I have worked extensively on the intersection of jobs and education and to prepare today's students for skilled jobs of the future.
Published: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 @ 7:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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