Two years ago, 13 North Carolina students suffered cardiac arrest while at school, one of whom died. Now, two state lawmakers want to ensure that all public schools – roughly 2,500 in total – stock defibrillators. AEDs and CPR in Public Schools, known also as House Bill 886, passed the House of Representatives 111-1 on...
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.
The state’s PowerSchool student data system was targeted by a cyber extortion campaign, with the perpetrators of the cyber-attack now demanding Bitcoin payments to keep private student information from being released.
A bill in the NC Senate aims to increase flexibility in setting school calendars. It also allows community members — including residents and business owners within a district — to file civil actions against local school boards that disregard the law.
Michele Morrow, the former Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina, has launched a new national nonprofit with the goal of “transforming” education and opposing woke ideology in the classroom.
HB 991 would allocate $10,000 to the Department of Public Instruction to conduct an in-depth study on the current licensure requirements for CTE teachers. DPI would then make recommendations on an alternative or modified path to licensure based on the study.
Despite facing a barrage of criticism from Democrats and the media, Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction Michelle Morrow is holding her own in a poll of registered North Carolina voters.
DEQ notes that the plan aligns with global sustainability goals, citing the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
North Carolina’s education system was in the spotlight at a Moms for Liberty townhall event in Raleigh on Wednesday evening.
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office said DPI didn’t complete all planned monitoring activities for 329 public school units (PSUs) that received $1.77 billion in federal funding from three programs during the audit period.
The North Carolina House K-12 Education Committee passed a bill Jan. 31 that directs federal COVID-19 relief dollars to fund a new software program for remedying learning loss.
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