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New Legislative Majority Lists K-12 Education Priorities
RALEIGH — An education establishment that routinely has marched to the tune of Democratic priorities will have to learn a new step.
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Firestorm Follows State Board Changes to History Courses
RALEIGH — A draft proposal to change the way U.S. history is taught in North Carolina schools set off a public firestorm that sent the state Department of Public Instruction back to the drawing board.
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Scarce Resources Force Education Groups to Rethink Budget Ideas
RALEIGH — Years of robust growth in education spending will come to an end this spring as the General Assembly grapples with a projected $2 billion revenue shortfall. With little or no new money to spend, teachers, administrators, and special-interest groups are being forced to rethink their priorities. There will be hard fighting over scarce resources, and by the time it’s over, some sacred cows might find themselves in the slaughterhouse.
