Republican members of the NC House Education K-12 committee challenged the Department of Public Instruction's framing of student achievement data on May 12, telling officials its metrics may overstate how prepared North Carolina students are for college and careers.
A new Harvard-Stanford-Dartmouth scorecard ranks North Carolina ninth nationally in math recovery since 2022 but just 22nd in reading, with the average student now reading roughly two-thirds of a grade level behind 2019 despite the state's 2021 science-of-reading law.
Microschools represent an opportunity to redesign education around the needs of today’s learners. And with the public sector now leaning in, the conditions are finally aligning to make that vision sustainable at scale.
A bipartisan House bill would spend nearly $17 million to expand child care workforce training, behavioral health supports, and insurance study efforts.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not hold a rehearing in the 32-year-long Leandro education funding case.
An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced Senate Bill 990, which would study a shift to weighted K-12 funding, create a $395 educational wallet pilot, and shield campus disciplinary records from open-records requests.
An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced Senate Bill 991, which would expand workforce training for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities from 15 to 25 community colleges, commission a study of accelerated teacher pathways, and fund a $4.9 million digital credential system.
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has expanded his lead over Republican Michael Whatley to 11 points in North Carolina's open US Senate race, according to the latest Carolina Journal poll.
North Carolinians should reject the message of the NCAE's "Kids over Corporations" initiative and embrace educational freedom.
An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state's first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.
Following the rally, Vaughan confirmed the NC Values Coalition is speaking with lawmakers about possible legislation this session to protect females in bathroom facilities.
