A long-anticipated report from an education consulting group suggests North Carolina should boost public school spending by at least $8 billion over the next eight years to satisfy its constitutional obligations. The report doesn’t address where policymakers will get the money. The 300-page…
Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, said he wouldn’t be surprised if a judge orders the state to spend more on education. But it would spark a constitutional crisis. “The constitution of North Carolina is very clear as to who has the authority to appropriate money,”…
One of the most significant documents in N.C. public education is being kept under lock and key. The WestEd report is supposed to restart proceedings in the Leandro court case. After 25 years, the dispute over education opportunities hasn’t found a conclusion. …
Proponents of charter schools worry the Governor’s Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education will use the Leandro ruling as a roundabout way to restrict charter schools. The most recent commission meeting, Monday, Oct. 14, didn’t allay those concerns. Charter schools…
Education stakeholders have long puzzled over how to implement the standards laid out in the decades-old Leandro case. A couple of groups are forming ideas to ensure the state lives up to the standards, but the range of conflicting voices involved may complicate…
While initial rulings in the Leandro case had nothing directly to do with charter schools, recent discussions are bringing the traditional public school alternative into the conversation. Terry Stoops is vice president of research and director of education studies…
Neither Democrats nor Republicans in Washington seems to have the courage of their purported convictions, and few have offered anything approaching a viable plan for balancing the budget.
The N.C. Supreme Court on Monday heard another round of arguments over school funding — this time whether county commissioners or General Assembly lawmakers are responsible for guaranteeing sufficient spending. In Silver et al. v. Halifax County Board of Commissioners,…
Superior Court Judge David Lee has rejected the State Board of Education’s request to be removed as a defendant in the long-standing Leandro case. The Leandro case started in 1994 when five rural school districts sued the…
The landmark Leandro case may be short one defendant if a Superior Court judge grants the State Board of Education’s motion to withdraw from the case. Judge David Lee heard arguments Feb. 15 over the state board’s motion to withdraw from…
