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This week in #nced: The Way NC Public Schools Get Money to Educate Students Could Be Changing; Class Size Requirements Could Mean Trouble, Rowan Salisbury Schools Warns

This week in #nced: Company Tied to Rich Donor Wants to Take Over Low-Performing NC School; Superintendent Unveils 2016-17 School Report Cards With New Features

This week in #nced: Will North Carolina Schools See a Fix in January for the Class Size Crisis?; Wake County Public School System Superintendent Announces Retirement

This week in #nced: Without Action, Class Size Mandate Threatens Pre-K in Some School Districts; State Board Asks NC Supreme Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Superintendent

Children attend Pre-K at Warren County’s Mariam Boyd Elementary School in Warrenton. Photo Credit: Warren County Schools. By Lindsay Wagner Without the necessary time and money to build more elementary school classrooms to satisfy the General Assembly’s requirement to lower class sizes next year in kindergarten through third grades, Warren County Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Ray […]

This week in #nced: Voucher School Controversy; For-Profit Virtual Charter School Seeks Blessing from State Officials Despite Poor Scores

This week in #nced: Embezzlement, Basketball & Vouchers; NC Legislators Begin School Funding Formula Rewrite

This week in #nced: Experienced Principals Could Face Pay Cuts; New Education Finance Reform Task Force to Meet Next Week

This week in #nced: Robeson County Resists Charter Takeover; Durham Schools Announce New Superintendent

This week in #nced: New NC Teaching Fellows Commission Appointments; Lawmakers Push Pause on House Bill 514

This week in #nced: No Fix on Class Size; Minor Correction to Principal Pay; List of ISD Eligible Schools Cut to Four

This week in #nced: Durham School Board Prepared to ‘Fight’ State on ISD; More NC Students Taking AP Exams

This week in #nced: The Principal Pay Situation in NC; Court of Appeals Decisions Affect Ed Policy

This week in #nced: Class Size Mandate Effects; Judges Delay Giving NC Superintendent Control Over the Education Department

This week in #nced: As Public Schools Do Without, Public Dollars Rise for Private Schools; New Principal Pay Plan Could Result in Steep Salary Reductions for Veteran Principals

This week in #nced: Why Your Young Student’s Class is Smaller This Year, ECU’s Youngest Students Ready for Lab School

This week in #nced: Enrollment Up in UNC System Teaching Programs; A Tale of Two North Carolina Schools

This week in #nced: Gov. Establishes Teacher Advisory Committee; Enrollment at NC Teaching Programs Inches Back Up

This week in #nced: Concerns Voiced About New Principal Pay Plan; Schools Consider Ways to Deal With Class Size Rules

The Friday Report August 4, 2017 Forum News This Week on Education Matters: A New Direction for Leandro Case This week’s show looks at the now 20-year old landmark Leandro case on education quality and equity in North Carolina’s public schools which just took a surprising new turn. We talk with Melanie Black Dubis, lead counsel […]

This week in #nced: Debate Over School Funding; Low-Performing Schools Will Get Less Help Under State Budget Cut

This week in #nced: State Board of Ed to Appeal Court Ruling; Fewer NC Kids Attending Traditional Public Schools

By James E. Ford As I arrived at the US Department of Education on Tuesday morning, I didn’t fully know what to expect. I had been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with fellow former teachers to discuss teacher retention and why we left the classroom. I have many opinions on the topic and […]

This week in #nced: New Law Directs Money to Teachers Who Lost Out on Bonus; NC PreK Efforts; Draft ESSA State Plan