Friday Report

This week in #nced: You’ll Be Voting on a ‘Max Tax’ This November; Legislature Prepares to Adjourn, But Not Before Making Some Last Minute Education Moves

This week in #nced: NC Lawmakers Want Voters to Decide on Some Things, But Not Funding for School Buildings; NC Needs School Psychologists, But Legislation to Help Hire More Is Stalled

This week in #nced: Bright, Low-Income NC Students Will Now Get a Chance to Take Advanced Classes; NAACP Threatens to Sue Over Charter School Law

This week in #nced: Controversial NC Charter Bill Approved; NC Voucher School Headmaster Indicted for Embezzlement

This week in #nced: Education Budget Shocker Could Alter the Fundamentals of NC School Funding; NC ‘School Self-Defense Act’ Would Let Teachers Carry Handguns in School

This week in #nced: For the First Time in Modern NC History, Lawmakers Won’t Allow Changes to Budget; Gov. Cooper: Republican $35M School Safety Plan Not Enough

This week in #nced: NC Teacher Marched on the Streets. Now What?; Legislators Promise Average Teacher Salary Will Exceed $53,000 Next Year

This week in #nced: 26 Districts and Counting Close As Teachers Rally for Public School Support; Gov. Roy Cooper Wants to Give Teachers and State Workers a Big Raise

This week in #nced: NC Lawmakers Want to Make Sure Cursive Is Taught and That Virtual Charter Schools Stay Open; NC School Board Hires Operator to Take Over Lagging School

This week in #nced: Lawmakers Say Reworking School Funding Will Take Time; NC Ranks 37th in the Nation for Teacher Pay, 39th in Per-Pupil Spending

This week in #nced: Gov. Cooper Seeks $130 Million for Safer NC Schools; Is North Carolina Ripe for Big Teacher Protests?

This week in #nced: NC Lawmakers Say Don’t Rush to Break Up Large School Districts; NC Has Spent More Than $150 Million to Boost Reading. Are These Scores Worth It?

This week in #nced: Politically Connected Company Hired to Take Over Low-Performing NC School; Restart Program Gives Some School Officials Flexibility to Think Outside the Box

This week in #nced: NC School Leaders Want to Crack Down on School Threats, Which Have Risen 300% in US; Should the National Guard Be Deployed to Protect NC Schools?

This week in #nced: Improve Mental Health Services to Make Schools Safer, Speakers Tell NC Lawmakers; Company Tied to Rich Donor Recommended to Take Over Low-Performing NC School

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This week in #nced: In NC, Funding Gaps are Shortchanging Students with Special Needs; Armed Volunteers Will Soon Be Present at Stanly County Schools

This week in #nced: NC Education Chief Says More Cops – Not Armed Teachers – Will Make Schools Safer; Report: NC Doesn’t Have Enough School Nurses or Counselors

This week in #nced: NC Lawmaker Says Committee Won’t Target Breakup of Wake County, Charlotte School Systems; Charter Schools Could Get More Money If NC Lawmakers Overhaul K-12 Funding System

This week in #nced: NC Governor Says He Won’t Veto Class-Size Fix; NC Lawmakers Will Consider Dividing School Districts, Including Wake County

This week in #nced: NC Schools Get Reprieve on K-3 Class-Size Rules; NC Supreme Court Hears Power Struggle Lawsuit Between Superintendent & State Board of Ed

This week in #nced: Local, State Education Leaders Make the Case for More Flexibility; NC School Board Delays Choosing Operator for School Takeover

This week in #nced: NC Supreme Court to Hear State Board vs. Superintendent Lawsuit in February; Need for School Nurses Growing in NC, Could Cost $79M a Year

This week in #nced: Legislature to Take Up Class Size Issue in March; North Carolina Slips in National Ranking on Public Education