Under House Bill 618, that approval would be handed over to a new Charter School Review Board, whose members must be “charter school advocates in North Carolina.”
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NC Supreme Court Blocks Transfer of Leandro Money in Partisan Vote
The state was ordered to spend millions of dollars to implement the first two years of the eight-year school improvement plan; Republicans on the high court voted to block the order.
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State Education Board Rejects Proposed Wake Charter for Second Time in Two Months
Thursday’s rejection is likely the final time the state board will consider the application from Heritage Collegiate Leadership Academy.
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Republican Lawmakers Revive ‘Anti-Critical Race Theory’ Bill
CRT is an academic discipline that examines how racism has shaped the nation’s legal and social systems. Educators say CRT is not taught in America’s K-12 schools.
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Durham High School Students Plead with State Lawmakers for Action on Gun Violence
A Hillside High School performance comes after the death of a 17-year-old student who was shot and killed on the American Tobacco Trail near the high school earlier this month.
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NC Advocates Denounce GOP Attempt to Repeal Handgun Permit Law
The Republican-backed bill repeal the state law that requires North Carolinians to obtain a permit from a county sheriff to purchase a handgun.
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Charter School Operator Questions if Conflict of Interest at Play Over NC Board of Education’s Rejection
Wake Preparatory Academy was unanimously rejected this month by the NC Board of Education, though the Charter School Advisory Board approved its application to open in 2024.
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K-12 Teach Vacancies Up Nearly 60 Percent According to New Report
The data in a new report released Wednesday during the State Board of Education’s monthly meeting show the state with 5,540 vacancies on the first day of school.
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New Durham Public Schools Policy to Support LGBTQ Students Wins Accolades
Queer author and former DPS student says such a policy “would have made a world of difference in my childhood”
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Wake Charter Improbably Allowed to Open on Second Attempt
On its second attempt at opening, a proposed Wake charter school gets an “improbable” green light.