Tennessee is expanding gun-safety instruction for their public school students to improve child-death statistics from accidents.
HHS demands Duke University cooperate with federal probe into widespread racial discrimination at Duke School of Medicine and other Duke Health entities.
The US Department of Education is releasing $6.8 billion in education funding that it had originally frozen on June 30, including over $165 million for North Carolina.
On Monday, NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 24 other mainly Democrat run states in suing the federal government to prevent it from freezing funds for NC’s schools and educators.
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Raleigh this week to deliver the keynote address at the 20th anniversary celebration of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC). McMahon’s visit puts a national spotlight on North Carolina’s school choice movement.
More than half of teachers say their local school district is headed in the right direction, according to a recent survey of teachers by the school-choice advocacy organization EdChoice. That optimism level is up 12 points from last spring.
The Trump administration issued a proclamation May 12 celebrating National Charter Schools Week.
“The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has taken a more measured approach rather than reacting hastily,” Green said.
With President Donald Trump signing a wave of executive orders since he was sworn into office, Republicans are discussing ways to make his directives last permanently when after he completes his four-year term.
In a bold move that signals a significant shift in US education policy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that will drastically reduce the size and influence of the U.S. Department of Education. While the order does not fully dissolve the agency, it will significantly scale back its operations and responsibilities, shifting those responsibilities to the states.
The United States Department of Education is facing restructuring, announcing Tuesday evening that nearly 50% of the DOE workforce is being laid off.
