Fresh off the controversy at UNC, the Howard journalism professor pulls few punches in talk to North Carolina schools group.
Greg Childress
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After One Year, the N.C. Hope Program Has Paid Out $461 Million to Help Keep Families in Homes
“The HOPE Program has helped more than 135,000 North Carolina families stay safe and warm in their homes during the pandemic. HOPE will continue to pay landlords and utility companies to keep low-income renters in their homes with the lights on.”
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Judge David Lee Sets New Deadline in State’s Landmark Leandro School Funding Case
“I’m not going to beat myself up further about our state adopting a budget somewhere around November and either addressing or not addressing Leandro. I’ve dealt with that one as long as I reasonably can.”
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Johnston County School Board Acquiesces to Demands of Board of Commissioners
Conservative push to control how history is taught results in new policy directive.
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Push to Comply With Leandro Mandate for State’s Schools Gains Momentum
“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to use our state’s resources to truly transform and strengthen our public schools. Our state has the resources to live up to our constitutional obligation to our children and now is the time to do it.”
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N.C. Public Schools Seek to Cope With a Big Influx of Homeless Students
Additional federal funds are helping, but locals fear being swamped as evictions multiply.
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Johnston County Board of Education Votes to Keep Mask Mandate in Place
Dr. Rodney McCaskill, the chief medical officer at Johnston Health, told the board last week it needs to keep the mask mandate in place because the number of patients in the county’s hospital who are on life support has grown tenfold.
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Cawthorn, Conservatives Urge Johnston County School Board to End Mask Mandate
With nearly 200 active COVID cases among students and staff, board will revisit mask mandate Monday
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U.S. Department of Education Approves Spending Plan for COVID Relief Money
The state will use $1.2 billion launch “evidence-based initiatives” to support schools, including $30 million for high-impact tutoring and $19 million for a competency-based assessment and platform.
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Cooper Vetoes Bill That Restricts Teaching Racial Concepts in Public Schools
“The legislature should be focused on supporting teachers, helping students recover lost learning, and investing in our public schools,” Cooper said. “Instead, this bill pushes calculated, conspiracy-laden politics into public education.”