It’s not certain whether COVID-19 will continue to spread through North Carolina this fall, but one thing is likely: The 2020-21 school year won’t be typical. North Carolina public health and education officials have been working to determine what the 2020-21 school year…
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: Tony Rand, RIP: Longtime state Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, 80, died in his sleep, family members announced Friday,…
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: Common core: A week ago, State Superintendent Mark Johnson sent a survey about Common Core to thousands of…
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: Contract rules: The State Board of Education is moving forward on efforts to limit the state superintendent’s ability…
The January meeting of the N.C. State Board of Education ran late into the evening, but it concluded with a tense discussion between the board and State Superintendent Mark Johnson. Johnson was at a conference in Washington, D.C., during the board’s Wednesday, Jan. 8 meeting. But…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson isn’t happy with how the N.C. Department of Information Technology has handled the dispute between Amplify and Istation for the K-3 reading contract, and he’s taking the matter to the courts. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction has formally…
The U.S. Department of Education awarded North Carolina $10 million to bring more educationally disadvantaged students to charter schools, but state constraints on charters may make spending that money a challenge. Joseph Maimone, a member of the Charter School Advisory Board, said some charter schools may…
The school year may be halfway over — or more — before the contract dispute between competing reading diagnostic companies is resolved, leaving students at public schools in limbo. On Oct. 1 and Oct. 3, lawyers representing the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and rivals…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson is challenging a temporary stay against implementing Istation, the state’s new reading diagnostic tool. “I’m the N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, but I’m also a lawyer. That’s a good thing on weeks like this one,” Johnson said…
Students play a critical role in helping keep schools safe, State Superintendent Mark Johnson said during a May 30 news conference announcing a partnership with Sandy Hook Promise to deliver a statewide anonymous mobile tip line. Starting with the 2019-20 school…
