RALEIGH — The state’s annual schools report has arrived for the 2017-18 year, and state education leaders are not holding back their frustration with the story it tells. One of the more disappointing data points […]
RALEIGH — A bipartisan bill designed in part to improve access to honors classes for students was signed by Gov. Roy Cooper last week. The N.C. House gave final passage to House Bill 986 by a […]
RALEIGH — In another challenge to a law enacted by the Republican-led General Assembly, the State Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional the legislature’s move in 2016 to transfer some authority from the State Board […]
Public relations manager Maggie McCuen is grateful for every penny her company has contributed to paying off her student loan balance; since December 2016, these contributions have totaled over $1,400. “It absolutely alleviates stress,” said […]
Imagine if you couldn’t choose your health care provider. Instead, you’d be zoned to a clinic or hospital based solely on your home address. Medical providers there would supply all your health care needs: annual […]
RALEIGH — It’s been two years since Margaret Spellings took office as the president of the University of North Carolina system, overseeing its 17 campuses. As she moves into her third year, she’s focusing on […]
RALEIGH – Republican state lawmakers on Thursday announced a proposal to address concerns over lowering the K through 3 classroom sizes by phasing in the smaller classes and providing more money for schools to hire […]
RALEIGH — Business leaders and policymakers, Democrats and Republicans, gathered in downtown Raleigh on Monday to hammer out some common ground on education. All agreed that early childhood development played a critical part in the […]
The Innovative School District (ISD) reached a major milestone when the Public Schools of Robeson County School Board recently voted unanimously to transfer Southside Ashpole Elementary in Rowland, N.C., into the ISD. Getting to that […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission announced it selected five partner institutions this week based on legislative criteria and an applications process passed into law by the state legislature. The commission, and the […]
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