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January 19, 2021

NC public schools

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New study on COVID transmission in NC schools shows no reported child-to-adult transmission

January 13, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A pre-publication release of a study to be published in the Journal of American Pediatrics looks at COVID-19 transmission in schools in North Carolina. The findings may help answer the question of whether […]

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Five NC School Districts receive millions in construction grants

January 7, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Five North Carolina public school districts in economically distressed areas will be receiving millions in construction grants according to outgoing N.C. Superintendent Mark Johnson. Around $60 million in grant funds will be disbursed to […]

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A look back at 2020: Education a major casualty of COVID-19

December 30, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — When the coronavirus hit North Carolina and Gov. Roy Cooper announced his statewide stay-at-home orders, one of the first casualties was public school students, and that has not really changed nine months later, […]

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NCDHHS launches COVID-19 testing pilot in NC public schools

December 16, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced the launch on Dec. 4 of a COVID-19 testing pilot program in the state’s K-12 public schools. According to the press release […]

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Remote learning deemed ‘disaster’ at K-12 education committee meeting

December 9, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At Dec. 1 meeting of the legislature’s Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, it was revealed by N.C. State Board of Education officials that 19% of students are not regularly attending classes. The main […]

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Are NC school districts following the ‘science and data’?

December 3, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Some of the larger school districts in North Carolina, who are backpedaling on reopening schools to full-time in-person instruction, appear not to be following the “science and data” and the repeated messages from […]

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Legislature’s Program Evaluation Division makes recommendations for increasing teacher diversity

November 24, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division recently released a report on state efforts to increase diversity in the state’s teacher workforce. The Program Evaluation Division (PED) report says that North Carolina […]

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NCDHHS official says “no evidence” school reopenings tied to NC COVID positive increases

November 11, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The N.C. State Board of Education heard COVID-19 updates from officials from N.C. Department of Health and Human Services last week, which included they’ve found no evidence that public school reopenings have contributed […]

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Catherine Truitt becomes the second Republican in a row to lead NC’s schools

November 10, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Catherine Truitt has become the second Republican in a row to become the state superintendent of schools after defeating Democratic candidate Jennifer Mangrum. The last Republican state superintendents elected back to back occurred […]

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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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