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School districts shift schedules ahead of May 1 teacher protest
NC schools adjust schedules as teachers plan May 1 protest in Raleigh, raising concerns over staffing shortages and classroom disruptions statewide.
Opinion
Middle school girl to lawmakers: Please don’t make me room with a boy
It's time to protect women and girls by passing the Women’s Safety and Protection Act.
Opinion
School board elections take on new meaning in wake of Hurricane Helene
For many parents and voters, it is now a matter of deciding who will lead their schools in a post-Helene future.
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Eleven school districts won’t be open as teachers attend March for Students and Rally for Respect
The number of North Carolina districts closing schools May 16 is growing. Eleven school districts plan to close as thousands of teachers travel to Raleigh for the March for Students and Rally for Respect. The event, sponsored by the N.C. Association of Educators, is meant to give teachers a chance to rally for higher pay...
Opinion
Getting a Good Bang for the Education Buck
North Carolina school districts don’t have to spend the most money to achieve good results.
News
Attendees at Charter Schools Conference Show Intense Interest in Public Schools of Choice
RALEIGH — Pro-charter legislation, including efforts to raise the cap of 100 charter schools currently in place, went nowhere in the recently completed session of the General Assembly. Instead, legislators passed a budget containing provisions making it easier for local school districts to keep funding that state courts consistently have ruled should be paid to charters, and letting districts take up to three years to pay charters any money owed from previous cases.
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Early Release Policy Abandoned By Wake County Out of Line With Other N.C. Districts
RALEIGH — In practice, the early release program proved to be highly unpopular with parents, who were forced to make extra arrangements for childcare and transportation one day a week.
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Growth in N.C. School Staff Outpaces Student Population Growth
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s public schools have added administrators, consultants, and other nonclassroom staffers faster than they’ve added students this decade. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
This week, North Carolina schools presented citizens with a good news/bad news proposition. As forecasted in last week's journal entry, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results for North Carolina schools were released Monday.
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School Deconsolidation Issue Heats Up
RALEIGH — Consolidate or deconsolidate? That’s the question. Few would dispute that the trend in public education over the last 30 years has been toward the consolidation of county and city school systems. And it’s clear a good many power brokers in Raleigh want that trend to continue.
