More money and iPads are coming to K-3 classrooms to bolster literacy instruction, but critics question the methods used to improve reading scores. The Department of Public Instruction will make an additional $400 available to all K-3 classrooms for literacy instruction. The department will also send out more iPads so that every K-3 classroom has...
Parents, educators, and the general public now have easier access to North Carolina school report cards. State Superintendent Mark Johnson announced at the Dec. 5 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district leadership meeting that schoolreportcards.nc.gov is now available. “This brand-new website provides the transparency parents and educators need into the characteristics and performance of North Carolina’s public...
The N.C. Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay in a lawsuit involving State Superintendent Mark Johnson and the State Board of Education. The board filed the lawsuit after passage of House Bill 17, which gives Johnson direct supervision over the public school system. Under H.B. 17, Johnson would have sole authority over the employment...
The results are in. More North Carolina students are taking and passing college level advanced placement courses, and students are scoring higher than the national average on the revised SAT exam. But ACT scores are lagging. College Board, which administers the AP and SAT exams, has disclosed data showing improvements for students in North Carolina....
Since No Child Left Behind became law in 2002, state and local educators have tried to square the figurative circle: letting students learn at their own pace while also making sure they meet rigorous standards. The debate over NCLB’s replacement, 2015’s Every Student Succeeds Act, ramped up again Wednesday at the monthly meeting of the...
RALEIGH — A host of luminaries led by UNC system President Margaret Spellings used a Thursday press conference to announce a newly branded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program. The proposal, which is set to be introduced next week in the General Assembly, would offer loans of as much as $8,250 to students who plan to teach...
The General Assembly’s attempt to grant additional authority to North Carolina’s new school superintendent, Mark Johnson, is likely to face a constitutional challenge from the State Board of Education if the measure becomes law, board Chairman Bill Cobey told Carolina Journal. House Bill 17 would strip much of the State Board of Education’s authority over...
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