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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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Staff errors led to a series of financial missteps at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, according to the results of a new audit from the office of N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 1:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has begun the process of revising state science and health standards
Published: Monday, July 11th, 2022 @ 3:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) declared the average teacher in North Carolina earned about $55,905 in 2021-22.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that personnel data for local public schools has been posted by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, we have data on how the pandemic may have impacted staffing levels in local school districts.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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“’Learning loss’ is a false construct.”
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 3:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Department of Public Instruction spent $76 million of Coronavirus Relief Funds without making sure the money was helping students, a new audit report says.
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 @ 8:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Superintendent Mark Johnson is challenging a temporary stay against implementing Istation, the state’s new reading diagnostic tool.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 8:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During a Friday, June 28, conference call, the State Board of Education agreed to delay implementing Istation, the state’s newly picked K-3 reading diagnostic tool.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2019 @ 2:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A frustrated parent. A frustrated teacher. And a frustrated education policy-maker. That pretty well sums up the field of Republican candidates for state education superintendent who made their way to Pinehurst Thursday night for a candidate forum.
Published: Saturday, February 27th, 2016 @ 6:14 pm
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: state education superintendent dpi wesley sills rosemary stein mark johnson |
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After state legislators approved a ten percent reduction to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) $70 million budget, state education officials and their boosters sounded the alarm.
Published: Tuesday, November 11th, 2014 @ 5:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After state legislators approved a 10 percent reduction to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's $70 million budget, state education officials and their boosters sounded the alarm.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 11:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The question of whether North Carolina education spending has increased or decreased is front and center in the race for U.S. Senate. Supporters of Democrat Kay Hagan's campaign have bombarded the airwaves with claims that Republican candidate Thom Tillis cut $500 million from the state education...
Published: Sunday, September 21st, 2014 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I got a private message over the weekend from a drive-by media personality who works for one of the better-known media outlets in the eastern part of North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 @ 12:22 pm
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: north carolina school systen dpi vouchers drive-by media judge hobgood |
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Legislators are being told one thing by McCrory's staff about the governor's policy positions, and then are hearing something totally different from the governor in media coverage.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: governor pat mccrory north carolina nc general assembly jones street dpi secretary june atkinson |
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The N.C. Senate proposed reducing the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) budget by 30 percent, while their counterparts in the House proposed a 1 percent cut.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
Search Terms: commonterry n.c. senate department of public instruction dpi budget nc general assembly nc house |
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I have NO PROBLEM with anything you say. I used to type up my mother's tests on that smelly alcohol duplicator stencil.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 6:41 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Tom Campbell, of NC Spin recently suggest that "Let's take teacher pay off the table." No he was not suggesting that the issue of teacher pay be ignored, but quite the opposite...that it be "settled" once and for all.
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 10:17 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Just try to implement some kind of frugality in public education budgets. You'll get all kinds of teeth-gnashing, wailing and crying about starving tha lil' chil'ren.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 1:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
Search Terms: north carolina general assembly william barber moral monday dpi superintendent june atkinson |
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This article is Part I of a two-part series examining how North Carolina's public school system pays its teachers.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
Search Terms: teacher pay ncae nbpts certification north carolina dpi nc general assembly gov. pat mccrory |
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Do other professions require their "best" employees to give up an accomplishment to get a raise?
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
Search Terms: teacher pay ncae common core standards north carolina dpi nc general assembly |
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This week, the North Carolina State Board of Education will review school district alternatives to the third grade Read to Achieve assessments.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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