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February 18, 2026

K-12

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Report shows NC teacher attrition remains above average but improving

April 5, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s public schools saw a decrease in teacher attrition during the 2023-24 school year, according to the State of the Teaching Profession report presented to the State Board of Education. The attrition […]

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NC House Democrats all vote against barring Critical Race Theory components in K-12

March 28, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Every NC House Democrat in attendance voted against a bill that would bar components of Critical Race Theory from K-12 classrooms. House Bill 187, titled “Equality in Education,” passed the House on March […]

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Cooper: Schools, local governments should end mask mandates

February 17, 2022 NSJ Staff, A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper cited his administration’s success in handling the omicron variant of COVID-19 and said that schools and local governments should end their mask mandates at a Feb. 17 media briefing. While […]

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NC House takes steps to make masks optional for K-12 students statewide

February 16, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives is taking legislative steps to make masks optional statewide for K-12 school children. A conference committee substitute for Senate Bill 173, the Free the Smiles Act, will […]

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NC Commission for Public Health taps brakes on 17-year-old COVID vaccination request

February 2, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A body with the ability to alter immunization requirements has tapped the brakes on adding COVID-19 vaccination requirements for students 17 and up. The N.C. Commission for Public Health (NCCPH) is the only […]

Pandemic, Vaccines, Kids
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Students’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school

August 26, 2021 Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases like polio, measles, tetanus and whooping cough in check are way behind schedule this year, threatening further complications to […]

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Lt. Gov. Robinson takes on classroom indoctrination with new task force

March 17, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Rain and cold temperatures did not hamper the March 16 announcement of a new task force assembled by North Carolina’s first black lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson. The Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom […]

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What does Phase 3 mean for K-12 students?

October 8, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement of Phase Three brings a few small changes to how businesses and certain venues operate, but schools are not mentioned at all in the order. That leads to the […]

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House Committee works on Omnibus bill for education fixes related to COVID-19

April 19, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On April 16, the education working group for the House Select Committee on COVID-19 discussed a draft omnibus bill that includes a number of waivers and legislative fixes for North Carolina schools. The […]

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Duke Energy Foundation giving over $800,000 in grants for K-12 programs, nonprofits

April 9, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Duke Energy Foundation (DEF) will be giving funding to various North Carolina K-12 education organizations due to the COVID-19 crisis. In a press release earlier this week, the DEF said that they […]

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