North Carolina's roughly $12.5 billion K-12 budget raises school spending by about $553 million, even as public-school enrollment falls by nearly 19,000 students.
A North Carolina Senate committee advanced Sen. Michael Lee's sweeping K-12 bill after amending it to study open enrollment. The same amendment also mandates weekly "released time" for off-campus religious instruction.
An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced Senate Bill 990, which would study a shift to weighted K-12 funding, create a $395 educational wallet pilot, and shield campus disciplinary records from open-records requests.
NCs new Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education held its first meeting on April 27. Gov. Josh Stein and state officials touted "historic milestones" in public schools — including a record graduation rate — even as data showed roughly 45% of students aren't proficient in reading and math.
State education officials pointed to steady gains in math proficiency at a March 31 legislative committee meeting, but Republican lawmakers pushed back. They questioned whether the improvements are real or simply a rebound from COVID-era lows.
Education experts warn that NC faces a civics education "blind spot," citing a lack of state-level data on student literacy and vague social studies standards. This void, they argue, allows ideological agendas to propagate in classrooms, fostering "anti-American sentiment" and leading to a crisis in civic engagement among young people.
Complicating matters, women disproportionately earn degrees in fields with low returns on investment. In some cases, they are financially worse off for having earned a degree in the first place.
K-12 mathematics standards in North Carolina are slated to get a major overhaul under a proposal presented to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on Feb. 10. The revised standards are designed to better align student learning with workforce needs, state officials say. “Academic standards matter only when they translate into high-quality classroom experience and meaningful learning...
RALEIGH — This week marks the 16th annual National School Choice Week. Every year, in recognition of National School Choice Week, the Carolina Journal Poll surveys likely North Carolina voters on matters of education. In this year’s poll, voters continued to show strong support for school choice programs, such as open enrollment, the Opportunity Scholarship...
A power shift was announced this week by by the US Dept. of Education that could empower states to innovate, but watch for these red flags.
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