This November, North Carolina voters have the opportunity to elect a new superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent is the state’s highest-ranking education official ... Keep Reading
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Supreme Court decision manages to please — and disappoint.
Last week the North Carolina State Supreme Court sought to clear up confusion over who controls public education in North Carolina. By a surprising 6-0 vote–with one ... Keep Reading
Be Wary of ‘Teacher Shortage’ Stories
By A.P. Dillon Narratives in public education in North Carolina are many these days in the media. Case in point: the teacher shortage and teacher pay narratives making their way ... Keep Reading
Bill Seeks to Rein In Educational Bureaucracy
“We’ve got a loaded docket, so let’s go ahead and get started,” Senator Louis Pate, Co-Chairman of the Senate Health Care Committee, said to a crowded room in the Legislative ... Keep Reading
Poll Reveals NC Voters’ Views on Education
July 6, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bob Luebke (919) 834-2099 bob.luebke@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – A new Civitas Poll of registered North Carolina voters shows ... Keep Reading
Wake School Estimates Must Be Double-Checked
Before Wake County asks taxpayers to pay for more buildings, the school system needs to ensure its population estimates are accurate. In October 2013, Wake County voters ... Keep Reading
Why Newspapers Are Dying
Reporter Lynn Bonner and the News and Observer showed us once again why people have stopped buying newspapers: Reporters keep trying to make the news, not report it. That’s ... Keep Reading
Lt. Gov. Forest on Common Core to DPI: Run, June, Run
At approximately 2PM today, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest’s office released a statement announcing his publication of a letter to North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ... Keep Reading
DPI Defense of Common Core Is Mystifying – Part I
On June 13 the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released Common Core Demystified. The document was intended to quell what DPI regarded as confusion and stem the growing ... Keep Reading
Ed governance constitutional amendment killed
Any last hopes for legislation to improve the governance of public education in North Carolina were dashed earlier this afternoon when the Senate Judiciary Committee gutted HB 823 ... Keep Reading
