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The Friday Report July 7, 2017 Forum News This Week on Education Matters: Child Well-Being in North Carolina How does North Carolina stack up compared to other states when it comes to child well-being? This week we explore the key indicators of child well-being and what the state can do to improve the lives of […]

The Friday Report June 30, 2017 This week the General Assembly overrode the Governor’s veto of the budget, and SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) goes into effect for the new fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017. After two back-to-back midnight sessions, and an unforgiving schedule of double- and triple-booked Committees all week long, the […]

This week in #nced: #NCGA passes state budget; June 29 Court Case May Determine Control of Public Education in NC

This week in #nced: Latest on the State Budget; Non-Traditional Teacher Prep; Parents Could Pay More for Driver’s Ed

This week in #nced: Schools Struggle to Meet New Class Size Rules; Bill Widening Educator Prep Passes Senate Finance

This week in #nced: NC House Votes 80-31 to Approve Budget, Student Achievement Gap Dominates Debate Over Math

This week in #NCED: House education budget unveiled, new Ed Matters show, Governor’s School targeted by NC Senate

This week in #nced: Forum Honors Former Senator Howard Lee; House Weighs Statewide School Bond; Gov. School Debate

This week in #nced: Senate Budget Bill Analysis; NC Ranks 35th in Nation for Teacher Pay; 43rd in Per-Pupil Spending

This week in #nced: Cooper Nominates Three to State Board of Education; NC Retirement Benefits; Revised ELA Standards

This week in #nced: Gov. Signs Reprieve on Smaller Class Sizes; Low-Performing School Labels; Charter School Changes

This week in #nced: New NC Class Size Rules Could Cost Schools $388 Million More a Year

This week in #nced: Teaching Fellows 2.0; HB13 In Limbo; School Calendar Flexibility

This week in #nced: Roadmap of Need Released; K-3 Class Size Debate Continues; Teaching Fellows Bill Moves Forward

This week in #nced: 2017 Local School Finance Study Released; No Quick Move to Ease Class-Size Mandate

This week in #nced: Groups Lobby to Save Art, Music, PE, Foreign Language Teachers; Forum to Honor Howard Lee

This week in #nced: Trump Proposes Deep Cuts in Dept of Education; Cooper’s First State of the State Address

This week in #nced: Bill Would Create New Teaching Fellows Program with STEM Focus; Review of NC Voucher Program

This week in #nced: Education Highlights Gov. Cooper’s First Budget; SBE Votes to Close Kestrel Heights High School

  The Friday Report February 24, 2017 Forum News This Weekend on Education Matters: Our Vulnerable Students This week’s episode of Education Matters focuses on our vulnerable students.  All young people deal with their own unique sets of pressure and stress in their lives that just come from growing up, but certainly two groups of students today […]

The Friday Report February 17, 2017 Forum News This Weekend on Education Matters: NC’s Private School Voucher Program This week’s episode of Education Matters focuses on North Carolina’s Private School Voucher Program. The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education has shined a spotlight on programs like NC’s Opportunity Scholarship Program that provides state funding […]

  The Friday Report February 10, 2017 Forum News Forum Top 10 Education Issues Video Presentation   Did you miss our Eggs & Issues breakfast? The video of our Top 10 Education Issues of 2017 presentation is now available online here. Forum President and Executive Director Keith Poston (left) and Forum Program Director James E. […]

This week in #nced: Top DPI Leaders Leaving; 29 Charter Schools Approved to Stay Open; Betsy DeVos Nomination

This week in #nced: #ForumTop10; @NCEDmatters with @NC_Governor; #NCGA Looks to Class Size Cap to Avoid PE/Arts Cuts