Giving more control over K-12 schools and state education policy to the superintendent has been one of the more controversial topics discussed by the committee created by House Speaker Tim Moore, (R-Cleveland), and led by Rep. John Torbett, a Republi
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Op-Ed: Leandro Isn’t Just About a “Constitutional Crisis.” It’s About Our Values.
It’s a failure of will. It’s worth remembering that Republicans chose to put $6 billion of your tax dollars into a state savings account this year rather than put any portion of it to work for you or our state’s children.
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Touts Parental Rights, Decline of Public Schools at Durham Roundtable
Robinson didn’t offer specifics on “indoctrination,” perhaps because the task force he launched last year to uncover evidence of liberal brainwashing in public schools failed spectacularly.
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Sunday Reading: When the Stealth Slate Wins the School Board
The pervasiveness of the GOP’s national movement to overtake school boards—and the disturbing rhetoric that conservative board members push once seated—is laid out in an investigative ProPublica piece out this week from reporter Nicole Carr.
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Op-Ed: Inclusive Classrooms in Orange County Schools Benefit All Kids
Inclusive classrooms benefit students’ mental and physical well-being, their academic success, and their inter-personal relationships beyond their K-12 years.
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Op-Ed: Why Are Durham Public School Workers, Families, and Students Rallying at the DPS Board Meeting Thursday? Because It’s Time for Some Hard Truth
There are Heartbroken Schools all over Durham right now.
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Legislative Committee on COVID Relief Spending Hears About Nutrition, Technology in Schools
The committee heard from Vanessa Wrenn, the chief information officer for technology services at the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI), and Lynn Harvey, who heads up DPI’s school nutrition division.
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The Fight to Ban Books is Once Again Raging in Wake County Public Schools and Libraries
In the past year, the American Library Association has seen a big spike in challenges to books about race and LGBTQ characters.
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State Workers Can Use 24 Hours of Paid Community Service Leave to Help Ease K-12 Staffing Shortages
Gov. Cooper announced the plan to combat K-12 staff shortages brought on by a surge of COVID-19 cases. The strategy is intended to keep students in classrooms for in-person instruction where the experts say they learn best.
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Year In Review: Critical Race Theory, Mask Mandates, and Leandro Funding Made for a Tumultuous 2021 in Education
In 2022, expect more of the same.