K-3 Class Size Mandate and School Funding Among Top Issues
Education Matters – Is a Class Size Fix Coming?
Topic: Is a Class Size Fix Coming? Last week, hundreds of parents, teachers and students descended on Raleigh calling on the General Assembly to address the K-3 class size mandate they […]
Friday Report – January 19, 2018
This week in #nced: Legislature to Take Up Class Size Issue in March; North Carolina Slips in National Ranking on Public Education
Education Matters – NC’s School Funding Divide
Topic: NC’s School Funding Divide At a time of intense focus by state leaders on how schools are funded in North Carolina, a new study out this week show a […]
Friday Report – January 12, 2018
This week in #nced: ‘We’re not going away.’ Rally urges lawmakers to fund K-3 class size reductions; New School Finance Study Confirms Vast Funding Disparities Across NC, and more…
School Finance Study Confirms Vast Funding Disparities Across North Carolina
By Keith Poston For more than 20 years the Public School Forum of North Carolina has produced an annual school finance study that examines education funding in North Carolina by […]
New School Finance Study Confirms Vast Disparities Across North Carolina
RALEIGH, NC (January 9, 2018) – A new study released today by the Public School Forum of North Carolina confirms a chronic and growing gap in public school funding between […]
2018 Local School Finance Study
RALEIGH, NC (January 9, 2018) – A new study released today by the Public School Forum of North Carolina confirms a chronic and growing gap in public school funding between […]
Education Matters – Legislative Preview and the Class Size Mandate
Topic: Legislative Preview and the Class Size Mandate The General Assembly will re-convene next week for a special continuation of the 2017 regular session. Will the class size mandate or […]
Friday Report – January 5, 2018
This week in #nced: NC Superintendent Shares Predictions for Public Schools in 2018; In CMS, Smaller K-3 Classes Will Mean 200 More Trailers and More Crowding Elsewhere
Friday Report – December 22, 2017
This week in #nced: It’s Not Tenure, But NC Teachers Will Get More Job Security; Feds Respond to North Carolina ESSA Plan
Education Matters – Conversation with Governor Jim Hunt
Topic: Conversation with Governor Jim Hunt A one-on-one conversation with the original “Education Governor”, four-term North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. We discuss how he made education a priority […]
Friday Report – December 15, 2017
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
Friday Report – December 8, 2017
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
Education Matters – The New NC Teaching Fellows Program
Topic: The New NC Teaching Fellows Program The original NC Teaching Fellows Program was eliminated by the General Assembly in 2011. This year legislators created a new version of the […]
Friday Report – December 1, 2017
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
Will North Carolina Schools See a Fix in January for the Class Size Crisis?
By Lindsay Wagner North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that’s having a big impact on schools and families may need a […]
Education Matters – Childhood Trauma & Learning
Topic: Childhood Trauma & Learning Studies show that children who regularly experience trauma score lower than their peers on standardized tests are more likely to fail a grade, are placed […]
Friday Report – November 17, 2017
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
Without action, class size mandate threatens Pre-K in some school districts
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 […]
Education Matters – Voucher School Controversy
Topic: Voucher School Controversy Trinity Christian School in Fayetteville has received more taxpayer dollars via the state’s private school voucher program than any other school in the state. It’s also […]
Friday Report – November 10, 2017
This week in #nced: Voucher School Controversy; For-Profit Virtual Charter School Seeks Blessing from State Officials Despite Poor Scores
Friday Report – November 3, 2017
This week in #nced: Embezzlement, Basketball & Vouchers; NC Legislators Begin School Funding Formula Rewrite
Out of Bounds: Embezzlement and Basketball at North Carolina’s Biggest Voucher School
By Lindsay Wagner Senior Writer When a coach at one of Fayetteville’s top private school basketball programs—a school that also happens to be the state’s top recipient of private school […]