Archives for 2011

Accrediting giant AdvancEd says school board actions - not academic performance – will be the focus of a special review team visiting the Wake County Public Schools System to ... Keep Reading

The newly elected conservative majority in the General Assembly is already working to make good on campaign promises to protect North Carolina citizens from federal health care ... Keep Reading

Conservative lawmakers will likely put forth a raft of proposals to help address the needs of kindergarten through 12th grade public education in North Carolina. One idea the new ... Keep Reading

Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina voters dislike two current state elections laws, according to a new poll released today by the Civitas Institute. Eighty-two percent of voters ... Keep Reading

Raleigh, N.C. – Sixty-three percent of North Carolina voters support legislation to protect their right to opt out of the federal health care law, according to a new poll released ... Keep Reading

2011 finds North Carolina in the abyss of recession: high unemployment, low private sector job growth, and state government scrambling to fill a $3.7 billion budget hole. In a year ... Keep Reading

Over 2,200 North Carolina teachers received National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification in 2010. The addition of this year’s class of teachers ... Keep Reading

The January 2011 announcement of 1,900 jobs lost at the American Express Greensboro location is more jobs lost in Guilford County than in all of 2010 closings and layoffs put ... Keep Reading

Raleigh, N.C. – The “great” recession has not ended in the opinion of 81 percent of North Carolina voters according to a new poll released today by the Civitas ... Keep Reading

Republican House leadership acted swiftly on the first day of session to both consolidate their newfound power and allay Democratic concerns of being relegated to minority party ... Keep Reading