The results are in, and voters selected Republican Catherine Truitt, chancellor of Western Governors University N.C., to be North Carolina’s new superintendent of public instruction. She defeated her Democratic opponent, UNC-Greensboro education professor Jen Mangrum, by around 148,000 votes. Truitt will replace Republican Mark Johnson, a one-term superintendent who failed to win the Republican nomination...
Judges on Thursday will hear a N.C. State Board of Education motion to extend a stay in the lawsuit between the board and Superintendent Mark Johnson. The board filed a motion Sept. 5 to maintain the status quo while the case is under appeal. A few days later, Johnson filed a motion in opposition. The court...
RALEIGH — State Superintendent Mark Johnson will kick-off his listening tour of North Carolina’s public school system Friday. Johnson last month promised he would travel the state to hear concerns from each district. The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County district — where Johnson previously served as a school board member — will be his first stop. “Winston-Salem is known...
The North Carolina State Board of Education last month used a rare exemption to go behind closed doors and vote on a lawsuit against the state. Board members have yet to disclose which members supported and opposed the lawsuit, a move that’s at odds with public meeting standards, said Jonathan Jones, director of the Sunshine...
The 2017 long session of the General Assembly starts Wednesday, and the first day is likely to be more ceremonial than substantive. Once members are sworn in and leaders in the House and Senate are elected, lawmakers will head home. They return Jan. 25 to get to work in earnest. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest will gavel...
June Atkinson is taking an open stand against Republican legislators and their school-choice agenda. Atkinson worked hard for 12 years to keep a nonpartisan image during her time as North Carolina’s superintendent of schools. Now that her office at the Department of Public Instruction belongs to a Republican, the former education leader is moving Left....
North Carolina’s public schools are in serious trouble, says the incoming superintendent, who expressed a sense of urgency in fixing the system. “Every day that we don’t take bold action for our students is the day our students lose. Every day that we don’t take bold action is the day our teachers lose,” new school...
Lieutenant governor says lawsuit will test relations between board and DPI; Senate leader Berger calls on board to drop plans to sue
States, localities, providers, and patients need the freedom to try different approaches to health care reform. North Carolina’s new leaders are about to get it.
The State Board of Education on Tuesday convened a special meeting to discuss the constitutionality of House Bill 17, but members adjourned without saying what they talked about or revealing their next move, if they have one. The substance of the meeting was held in closed session. H.B. 17, which Gov. Pat McCrory signed into...
Gov. Pat McCrory has nearly 30 days to decide what to do with House Bill 17, which would remove some appointment powers from Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper. McCrory’s term expires Dec. 31, as do the terms of some members of the General Assembly. But the governor has several options. When the legislature’s in session, a governor...
