The deeper harm in these cases is not the legal fees and settlements. It is the message sent to students that expressing their beliefs can make them a target of the government.
Under a grade floor, sometimes called a “no zero” rule, students cannot receive below a pre-determined score (often 50% or 60%), even if they never hand in a single assignment during that period.
The nation's 9-year-olds posted their first significant academic gains since the pandemic, with reading scores back to pre-pandemic levels on the latest NAEP long-term trend assessment.
NC Superintendent Mo Green has launched a statewide Parent Advisory Council and is taking applications from parents who want to advise the state on its public schools.
North Carolina ranks last in the United States for public school open enrollment despite majority support in recent polling. This week, several educators and John Locke Foundation staff presented in downtown Raleigh on open enrollment initiatives in the state. Open enrollment is a school choice policy that allows families to apply for their students to...
A North Carolina House committee on May 19 advanced a bill to track whether state-funded principal trainees actually become administrators. The measure would also add $5 million a year to the state's Principal Fellows program.
The NC House Education Committee on May 19 advanced a two-year, $75,000 pilot directing the Department of Public Instruction to pick one school district to test technology that flags chronically absent students and automatically alerts their families.
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 North Carolina Senate committee on April 29 advanced Senate Bill 840, which would scrap the Praxis Core entrance exam for teacher preparation programs, loosen the licensure exam timeline, and ease the path for out-of-state teachers seeking NC licensure.
NC lawmakers heard testimony March 31 on Advanced Teaching Roles, a program allowing high-performing teachers to earn up to $21,000 more annually to lead instructional teams, which has reached more than 600 schools but left 16 qualified districts on a waiting list due to insufficient funding.
NC middle schoolers are still widely using smartphones in class despite a state law requiring bans, with enforcement uneven and more than a third of students using workarounds to bypass school filters.
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