Lawmakers have until October 15 to fully fund a school improvement plan that calls for $5.6 billion in new K-12 funding by 2028.
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Sobering Test Results Confirm the Pandemic’s Toll on North Carolina’s Students
The 45.4 percent proficiency rate for the 2020-21 school year compares with the 58.8 percent passing rate for 2018-19, a drop of more than 13 percentage points.
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State Senate Approves Bill to Curb What Can be Taught in Schools About America’s Racial Past
Senate leader Phil Berger said HB 324 is needed to ensure teachers aren’t using their positions to “indoctrinate” students with liberal political ideology.
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As New School Year Gets Underway, Educators Grapple with Covid Mask Mandates
There were no traditional first day of school hugs like before COVID-19 at Bethesda Elementary in Durham.
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Cooper, State Health Leaders, Urge Districts to Reverse Course on Optional Masking
Cooper makes a plea to school boards, warning about the rising infection rates among children.
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As Debate Over Masks In Public Schools Continues, Experts Say the Answer is Clear
“The Delta variant will make secondary attack rates in the unmasked setting much higher. It will result in much more quarantine, and it will result in faster school closures as a result of multiple clusters.”
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N.C. Superintendent’s Email Documents the Political Right’s Concerted Efforts to Influence K-12 Curricula
Truitt supports House Bill 324, a bill that seeks to limit what can be taught in North Carolina’s public schools about America’s racial past and bans the teaching of critical race theory, which is not currently a part of K-12 curricula.
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Controversial Republican-Backed School-Reform Model on Target To Be Phased Out
The program allows outside operators, including for-profits and charter management groups, to take over a traditional public school for five years.
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Senate Leader Phil Berger Vows to Keep Critical Race Theory Out of Schools
“I oppose it, and I will combat it with everything that I have, because I believe the doctrine undoes the framework that produced the most successful ongoing experiment in self-government in the history of mankind.”
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Vaccinated Students, Teachers Can Shed Masks, Says New Federal Guidance
The CDC’s announcement comes as North Carolina’s year-round students and teachers return to classrooms for in-person instruction.