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March 21, 2023

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NC group joins lawsuit fighting Biden administration’s charter school grant regulations

November 23, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The N.C. Coalition for Charter Schools has joined a lawsuit seeking to block regulations imposed on the federal Charter Schools Program by the Biden administration’s Department of Education.  The lawsuit said the U.S. […]

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Five NC schools receive National Blue Ribbon awards

September 22, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Five North Carolina public schools have been named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022 by U.S. Department of Education.   The five schools include Weatherstone Elementary School in Wake County; Seventy-First Classical Middle School in […]

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Burr, Tillis among senators questioning Biden ed chief over controversial letter

January 19, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis are among the two dozen Republican senators who want answers from Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over his apparent solicitation of a letter from […]

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Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul

October 7, 2021 Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements — a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, […]

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Loan forgiveness offered to more former ITT Tech students

August 27, 2021 Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Education Department announced Thursday it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating. In a rarely used move, the […]

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Biden administration backtracks on Critical Race Theory elements in K-12 history grants

August 4, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A blog post by U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona outlines the Biden administration is backing off from including elements from the controversial Critical Race Theory in grants related to teaching history in K-12 […]

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US education secretary visiting to promote preschool plan

May 20, 2021 The Associated Press

CARY — Joe Biden’s education secretary is coming to North Carolina to promote the president’s proposal to offer free preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds. Secretary Miguel Cardona plans to tour a prekindergarten center on […]

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Senate confirms Cardona as Biden’s education secretary

March 2, 2021 Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Joe Biden’s effort to reopen the nation’s schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cardona, 45, a former public school […]

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Future uncertain for Trump order expanding education choices during pandemic

January 14, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — With the incoming Biden administration signaling it will be more hostile to school choice initiatives, the future may be uncertain for an executive order issued on Dec. 28, 2020, by President Donald Trump […]

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