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July 21, 2025

james ford

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2024 Year in Review: School choice, policy, Helene highlight year in education

December 26, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A new superintendent, reading achievement, school choice gains, policy changes and a hurricane all affected North Carolina education in 2024. Outgoing state Superintendent Catherine Truitt faced a pandemic at the start of her term […]

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State Board of Education member Ford resigns seat, says “Five years is enough”

September 15, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — State Board of Education member James Ford resigned his seat at the Sept. 7 meeting five years into his seven-year term.   Ford was the 2014-15 North Carolina Teacher of the Year and had […]

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Clash over new NC social studies standards intensifies

February 3, 2021 David Larson and A.P. Dillon, North State Journal

RALEIGH — On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the N.C. Board of Education will vote on new social studies standards which have become a political lightning rod due to their shift in perspective on state and national […]

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Lt Gov clashes with Board of Ed members over ‘radical agenda’ being added to standards

January 27, 2021 A.P. Dillon and David Larson, North State Journal

RALEIGH — During their Jan. 27 meeting, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and some of the Democratic members of the N.C. Board of Education clashed over whether the proposed changes to the social studies standards were […]

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State Board of Education Board member called out for offensive tweet

August 26, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A tweet equating swing and moderate voters to “white supremacy” by a member of the N.C. State Board of Education has the state’s superintendent of schools questioning the member’s ability to serve all […]

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