State Attorney General Josh Stein’s office is willing to go along with a delay in implementing a $1.7 billion school funding order. A court filing from Stein’s office Tuesday morning marked the latest development in the long-running Leandro lawsuit. “The State is mindful of the unique circumstances and novel…
The N.C. Supreme Court on March 23 heard oral arguments in a case that could for the first time extend state constitutional protections against extreme bullying in public schools and hold school systems responsible when failing to act. The state high court will decide if North Carolina’s constitutional right of…
I spent several days with three students who are, by mandate from the governor and the Mecklenburg County school board, learning at home. Hayden, Stephen, and Caroline are in the third, sixth, and eighth grades, respectively. Their mom, Hillary, who is single, started a new job in…
Judge David Lee, the overseer of the Leandro case, approved a plan Tuesday, Sept. 1, calling for millions more in education spending to meet North Carolina’s constitutional obligation to provide a sound, basic education to every child. But the General Assembly, whose…
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. Here’s this week’s review: School choice survey: A new survey of N.C. parents of K-12 students suggests the…
This week, the plaintiffs and the defendants in the Leandro v. North Carolina case submitted their action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee, who was appointed four years ago to oversee the state’s compliance with the 26-year-old case. The Joint Report To The Court On Sound Basic Education…
Education activists and Democratic lawmakers want to spend more on education, even as the state faces a massive budget shortfall and is entering a potentially disastrous hurricane season. Every child in North Carolina has a right to a sound, basic education, according to the landmark…
Instead of the traditional top-10 issues in public education, the Public School Forum of North Carolina picked just one. Fully complying with Leandro, North Carolina’s long-running education funding lawsuit, is the top education issue for 2020, the…
The Republican and Democratic candidates for state superintendent had similar positions on the causes of school re-segregation and the need to find common ground. On school choice, however, they couldn’t have been more different. Candidates vying for the job took part in a forum…
Sen. Deanna Ballard, R-Watauga, wants the presiding judge in the Leandro case to share his perspective on education policy before the Senate Education Committee. Ballard, a co-chair of the Senate committee, sent Superior Court Judge David Lee a letter Tuesday, Feb.
