What’s in a name? In the case of the newly minted Charter School Review Board, that answer encompasses the entirety of the entity’s new charge and function. Formerly known as the Charter School Advisory Board, or CSAB, this government body has moved from an advisory to a regulatory capacity. It no longer makes recommendations to...
Companies listed on the Greensboro facility contract are linked to former ICE employee Andrew Lorenzen-Strait who is currently under investigation by the congressional committee on homeland security.
The New Hanover County Board of Education voted 4-2 to dissolve the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee at their December board meeting.
A federal judge in Michigan has dropped the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools from a lawsuit challenging rule changes for charters set in Washington, DC. US District Judge Paul Maloney issued a Dec. 6 order granting the US Department of Education’s motion to dismiss the NC coalition from the case.
Elementary school students are reading at a better level today than to a year ago, according to new data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Since the enactment of a standardized early literacy assessment beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, reading scores in NC for grades 1-3 have outpaced national peers by more...
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced Friday his resignation and plans to join Michigan State University as president in the new year.
The state Retirement Systems Division urges North Carolina’s top court to steer clear of a pension-spiking dispute involving the Harnett County school board. At stake is a $198,000 bill assessed to the local school system.
Sixteen private schools in Cumberland and Durham counties are appealing a series of trial court rulings in a lawsuit dismissed earlier this year challenging North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. One ruling involves the schools’ attempt to collect more than $25,000 in sanctions against scholarship critics.
A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the University of North Carolina from revealing the real name of Jacob Doe, an expelled student challenging the university’s handling of sexual assault charges against him. US District Judge Martin Reidinger’s injunction order Tuesday scaled back Doe’s initial request. The order applies to the university and its employees but does not extend to students, media outlets, or other “third parties.”
State legislative leaders hope the North Carolina Supreme Court's earliest decisions in a long-running education funding dispute will guide its upcoming actions.
On Monday, the Raleigh Police Department reported that two students were stabbed at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School and transported to the hospital, where one of the students died of injuries. The second victim remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a press conference delivered by Raleigh Chief of Police Estella Patterson.
