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This week in #nced: Stymied by Questions about Process and Community Backlash, State Takeover of Goldsboro School Delayed; Bullying Preceded Fatal Shooting of Butler High Student, Officials Say

This week in #nced: Why Can’t NC Kids Read? Another Study Shows Read To Achieve Produced No Gains; UNC President Margaret Spellings Is Leaving the University System, Sources Say

This week in #nced: Analysis Detects No State-Level Impacts for ‘Read to Achieve’ Initiative; NC Leaders Approve $850 Million for Hurricane Florence Recovery. How Will They Spend It?

This week in #nced: Students, Teachers Reconnect in the Classroom After Florence; State Eyeing Takeover of Six Low-Performing Schools

This week in #nced: Nikole Hannah-Jones kicks off Color of Education with hard truths about race and education; Cooper Signs Legislation Providing $56.6M in Florence Relief

This week in #nced: Preserve Teacher Pay in Schools Closed After Florence, State Leaders Say; NC Voters Want the State to Double Funding for Early Childhood

This week in #nced: What to Do in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster to Support Families and Reduce Trauma; After Florence, NC Leaders Want to Limit School Makeup Days

This week in #nced: Possible State Takeover of Fairview Elementary Draws Comments at School Board Meeting; Virtual Charter Schools in NC Are Still Low Performing. Are They Improving, or Failing?

This week in #nced: One-on-One with State Superintendent Mark Johnson; Test Scores Are Down in NC Public Schools; State Board Strife, School Performance Grades, and More

This week in #nced: Pay Principals Based on Tests, Not Experience, Legislators Say. Some Districts Disagree; What Public School Finance Officers Want You To Know About School Funding

This week in #nced: Charlotte’s Boldest Bid to Undo School Segregation Is About to Become Reality; School Lunch Programs Becoming More Essential for North Carolina Families

This week in #nced: Two Formerly – High Level DPI Staffers Out, Another State Board Member Resigns; 2,000-Student Charter School Won’t Open in Cary, Where Neighbors Pushed Back

This week in #nced: As Math Test Denies NC Teachers Licenses, Hundreds of Classrooms Remain Unstaffed; Rowan-Salisbury Schools Kicks Off Renewal School District

This week in #nced: After Agency Shakeup, Superintendent Lays Out His Vision for NC’s Public Schools; State Board of Education Chairman Resigns, Saying It’s Time for New Leaders

This week in #nced: Superintendent’s Reorganization Shakes Up the Agency That Oversees NC Public Schools; ECU Selected as New Home for Teacher Support Program

This week in #nced: Teachers View Student Behavior Differently Based on Race, NC State Research Suggests; Charter School Drops Wording That Said Students Couldn’t Talk About Being Gay

This week in #nced: Innovative School District Ready to Launch in Robeson County; State Law Gives One County More Flexibility to Run Schools

This week in #nced: 40 NC Education Employees Laid Off, Including Some Who Help Low-Performing Schools; “Renewal School System” Gives One County Same Flexibility as Charter Schools

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

Keith Poston, President & Executive Director Public School Forum of North Carolina Our nation abandoned “separate but equal” long ago – we don’t need to bring it back in North Carolina. House Bill 514 would allow four towns in Mecklenburg County to run their own municipal charter schools and give preferential access to their residents. […]

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