Grading scale doesn’t add up for North Carolina public schools' performance
By Erin Kolstad | Sep. 16, 2016What happens when a school if a school gets a failing grade on their report card?
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What happens when a school if a school gets a failing grade on their report card?
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Physical discipline — also know as corporal punishment — was removed from Macon County schools policy this year. There are still two counties in North Carolina that allow and actively use it.
Read More »American confidence in the necessity of higher education is declining, according to a recent survey by Public Agenda.
Read More »When describing the state of teacher pay in North Carolina, the two gubernatorial candidates paint different pictures.
Read More »On Monday, the North Carolina House of Representatives released this year’s budget plan.
Read More »The PTA of Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe School, FPGB, is planning to make transitions easier for its international teachers in the upcoming 2016-2017 school year. Jill Simon, leader of the PTA Council and Advocacy Committee, is spearheading the International Teacher Support Team, which will offer both community and household support for the teachers from the moment they arrive in the United States.
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For the first time since it opened its doors in 2008, TABLE is out of room for some local children seeking food aid.
Read More »North Carolina spent the fourth lowest amount of money per capita to fund its public K-12 education system of any state and Washington, D.C., in the United States in 2011-12, according to a report from the National Education Association.
Read More »There’s a lot in store for this summer’s N.C. legislative session.
Read More »The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights held a meeting with parents of students in Wake County Public Schools last week as part of their investigation of potential discrimination policies within the school district.
Read More »Researchers at North Carolina State University recommend multimodal learning in higher education.
Read More »North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory proposed raising the average teacher salary in the state to more than $50,000 on Tuesday.
Read More »Despite high levels of racial bias in K-12 education, researchers found a surprising lack of it in colleges and universities.
Read More »By April 7, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education must decide whether to add $4,465,205 to the school system’s budget for this upcoming year.
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In the most secret service-studded pep rally of the year, Hillside High School hosted presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Get Out The Vote event in Durham Thursday.
Read More »The N.C. Department of Public Instruction is constructing plans to increase rates of student participation in standardized testing after the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter in November warning that schools were at risk of losing funding.
Read More »North Carolina teachers are again at risk of losing their tenure in a legal battle against the state — but this time, the case is going to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Read More »North Carolina’s public education system received a failing grade from a recent report published by the Network for Public Education.
Read More »Textbook prices have risen so high that their inconvenience is no longer avoidable, according to a report released by the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group on Feb. 3.
Read More »UNC Student Stores welcomes its newest addition today with the grand opening of the University’s second on-campus pharmacy.
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