Once again teachers will descend on the state capital to call for more public school funding, Medicaid expansion, and a $15 minimum wage for all school workers. The North Carolina Association of Educators, in partnership with several other advocacy groups, is…
Under a recently introduced bill, teachers would be directly responsible for using $400 to buy school supplies through the N.C. Classroom Supply Program, but not everyone is sold on the proposal. During a news conference Wednesday, April 3, Republican lawmakers and…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has put a price tag on his plan to make North Carolina the best place for public school educators to begin, learn, and teach by 2030. Johnson announced #NC2030, his education initiative to improve learning and…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has unveiled a bold vision for the future of education in North Carolina, but the announcement was light on concrete details about how the plan would be realized. Lawmakers, school and district leaders, education advocates, and some…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has a brand new plan to make North Carolina the best state in which to learn and to teach by 2030. He unveiled the #NC2030 plan Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Innovation and Leadership program, an…
Keith Sutton Another Democrat has joined the growing pool of candidates for state superintendent in 2020. Keith Sutton, Wake County School Board vice chair, on the Saturday, Feb. 16, episode of “Education Matters” announced plans to run…
State education leaders are promoting career paths that don’t involve attending four-year universities. State Superintendent Mark Johnson and N.C. Community College System President Peter Hans announced February Career Pathways Month. In a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, Johnson and Hans spoke about the importance of…
A Senate plan to pump $2.03 billion of tax revenue into K-12 public school construction would both outspend a competing House plan and do so with cash rather than debt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown, R-Onslow, said Wednesday. Brown, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said…
Republican lawmakers and education leaders sat down with Harnett County school and county officials at Erwin Elementary School on Thursday, Jan. 17, to discuss a possible statewide school construction bond. State Superintendent Mark Johnson and Speaker of the House Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, led the…
After receiving feedback from parents and teachers, State Superintendent Mark Johnson announced several steps toward making standardized tests less of a headache for teachers, students, and their parents. The steps taken this year include: Reducing the number of questions on tests…
