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NC Education officials release K-12 testing results

September 12, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina K-12 testing results for 2024-25 were released last week, showing some improvements over the previous year. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) released the results during the N.C. State […]

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NC AG Jackson joins lawsuit over federal education funding freeze

July 16, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that he is joining a 25-state coalition lawsuit against the Trump administration over a federal education funding freeze that affects $168.7 million in North Carolina school […]

Stein vetoes 7 more bills, bringing his total to 11

July 7, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein issued seven more vetoes, bringing his total number of vetoes since taking office in January to 11. Stein’s latest vetoes have him passing his predecessor Roy Cooper, who had vetoed […]

Stein vetoes charter school bill

July 6, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A Senate bill amending Charter School Review Board laws that passed both chambers of the General Assembly has been vetoed by Gov. Josh Stein. “Senate Bill 254 is an unconstitutional infringement on the […]

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20 NC districts emailed by “threat actors” related to PowerSchool data breach

May 9, 2025 A.P. Dillon

Emails from “threat actors” were received by 20 North Carolina school districts on May 7 per the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The emails are linked to a data breach involving the statewide school information […]

NC’s 2025 top teacher selected

April 18, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A middle school teacher and AVID coordinator from Pitt County Schools was named the 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year at a luncheon at the Umstead Hotel in Cary […]

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 […]

Trump orders plan to dismantle Education Department while keeping some core functions

March 21, 2025 Collin Brinkley and Chris Megerian

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump […]

Superintendent Mo Green to embark on listening tour

March 7, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s new State Superintendent Mo Green is launching a statewide listening tour this spring. The “Mo Wants to Know” tour will span all eight regions of North Carolina during March and April, […]

Finalists named for NC’s teacher, principal

February 22, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has named this year’s finalists for the 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s North Carolina Teacher of the Year and the Wells Fargo Principal of the Year. The […]