NC Senate leader again seeks retooling of reading program
AP – North Carolina’s most powerful state senator is trying again to retool a student reading comprehension program that he’s championed for years but which hasn’t met performance goals.
https://apnews.com/article/phil-berger-north-carolina-legislation-02a799152d9cb06251db97d333387f90
NC now charges teachers $50 for taking a personal day. But relief may be in sight.
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – North Carolina educators may no longer have to foot the cost of paying for a substitute teacher to cover their classes when they’re taking …
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NC Democrats, backed by some Republicans, want a nurse in every school
Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – North Carolina Senate Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would require every public school in the state employ a nurse in an effort to provide improve …
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Bill would let more NC families get taxpayer funding to attend private schools
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – Some North Carolina Republican lawmakers want to expand who can get vouchers to attend private schools and how much taxpayer funding they can …
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NC public education ‘remedial plan’ presented to judge
AP – A multibillion-dollar plan presented by North Carolina officials and designed to comply with legal rulings that declare the state has failed to meet constitutional obligations in public education …
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NC has a $5.6 billion, long-term plan to improve K-12 schools. But will it be funded?
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – North Carolina education leaders have a $5.6 billion plan that they say will help the state meet its unfulfilled Constitutional obligation to provide …
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Senators elect 7 members to UNC Board of Governors
AP – The North Carolina Senate elected seven people Wednesday to the governing panel for the 17-campus University of North Carolina system. Senators reelected to the UNC Board of Governors …
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Charter schools seek NC help to offer daily in-person classes to all students
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – Proposed legislation filed Wednesday would allow North Carolina charter schools to offer full-time, daily in-person instruction to middle school and high school students.
Senators ready to elect next batch of UNC Board members
AP – The North Carolina Senate is ready to elect several people to the governing panel for the 17-campus University of North Carolina system. Senators prepared for their biennial election …
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Lt. Gov. decries politicization of NC classrooms
Matthew Burns, WRAL – Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said Tuesday that some North Carolina teachers are inserting their political and cultural ideologies into what’s being taught in their classrooms, and …
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