Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC5) will announce her plans to seek reelection in 2024 at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro (June 8-11, 2023). Carolina Journal spoke with Rep. Foxx about her planned announcement. “In the first months of the new conservative majority in the House, we’ve demonstrated why America desperately needs leadership that...
A Republican congressman from North Carolina would expand school choice for students across the nation facing mask mandates or classroom instruction based on Critical Race Theory. U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop, R-9th District, introduced this week the Mask Off Act and the No Corrupt Racist Training Act. The measures would give “families the freedom to pursue...
Members of a state legislative panel are concerned that a new federal education law could keep in place controversial Common Core educational standards that dictate to states how students are taught and what they must learn. Lawmakers quizzed state Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson on Tuesday during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Education...
A recent debate in Guilford County raises questions about government funding decisions.
RALEIGH — A State Board of Education task force may scrap longstanding end-of-grade tests for a system of interim assessments designed to provide more reliable and immediate data to identify students who need help in core subject areas. Board vice chairman Buddy Collins explained the work of the task force on Wednesday at a hearing before Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr.
Fans of alphabet soup will enjoy the maze of educational jargon that governs students' daily lives.
STANFORD, CA — Stanford Alumni Magazine asked two experts for their perspectives on school reform and NCLB testing and accountability policies. One says that the necessary incentives structure is lacking. The other worries about the effects of choice.
In last week’s journal, I promised a full accounting of recently-released test scores. So without further delay, here’s an in-depth analysis of federal accountability measures and how North Carolina schools stack up. Keep in mind, last week’s release dealt only with federal standards – North Carolina’s full ABCs report addressing state accountability measures won’t be released until October; so lucky for us, there’s more to come.
RALEIGH — The federal No Child Left Behind law required that school improvement programs be grounded in “scientifically based research.” Such studies must take consideration student demographics, testing design, the time period for the trial program, and methods of collecting data. Children participating in the research study should be assigned the control or the program group via random selection. The control group is key — the results of pre-and-post tests alone don’t generate adequate scientific research, officials say.
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Public Instruction recently released its update on federal teacher quality measures. Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, teaching professionals must meet specific criteria for their credentials. North Carolina hasn’t met its own targets for 2003-04 yet, but it has made substantial progress in some areas. Data released in December showed that 83 percent of public school classes were taught by “highly qualified” teachers. In high- poverty schools, the share was 78 percent of the classes.
The adequate yearly progress component of the No Child Left Behind Act presents a challenge to state boards of education across the United States, reports Karen Palasek. As the state board meetings in Raleigh in October and November reveal, establishing the adequate yearly progress standard is an important process for North Carolina, but one that will not be decided until next year.
