In a surprise upset on Tuesday night, incumbent Catherine Truitt lost to her GOP primary challenger Michele Morrow in the race for state superintendent of public instruction.
Last year, the Republican legislature passed the Parents Bill of Rights (PBR) over Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. The PBR gives parents the right, among other things, to challenge supplementary materials — including library books — that contain content parents find objectionable. Based on my recent experience representing a parent in an appeal to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school...
Two of the state Supreme Court's newest members offer a new approach toward a 30-year-old education funding case.
Indicative of a national trend, chronic absenteeism has only declined slightly from when it was at its peak.
NCDPI Superintendent Truitt delivered a plan for overhauling the state's school accountability system to lawmakers Monday.
A federal judge will allow expelled University of North Carolina student Jacob Doe to continue to pursue his lawsuit against the university without using his real name. Doe accuses UNC of botching a sexual assault investigation against him.
The Elkin City Schools Board of Education has resolved its pension spiking dispute with the state treasurer’s Retirement Systems Division. The resolution effectively ended a lawsuit that once involved six local school boards and a community college.
Some school leaders are embracing the competition inherent in school choice and working to make their local public schools the best choice possible for the general community.
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses North Carolina’s Leandro education funding lawsuit and reforming the state’s system of paying for students’ education needs. King offered these comments during the Feb. 23, 2024, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Forty-one years ago, under the leadership of President Ronald Reagan, the National Commission on Excellence in Education found “a nation at risk.” If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we...
The North Carolina Supreme Court could decide in the coming months whether to strike the most recent decisions about court-ordered education funding in the 30-year legal battle commonly known as Leandro. All seven justices spent 80 minutes Thursday morning listening to and questioning lawyers who defended and opposed an April 2023 trial court order calling for $677 million in additional state funding.
