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July 12, 2025

NC public schools

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Robinson: State Board of Education scheduled meeting knowing he couldn’t attend

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

RALEIGH — A vote on controversial changes to North Carolina’s social studies standards by the State Board of Education has been scheduled for the same time that the state Senate is set to convene, creating […]

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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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