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Governor Roy Cooper is urging business leaders to pressure the General Assembly to make funding for education a higher priority.“We need the business…
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A legislative task force is in a year-long process to consider overhauling how public schools are funded. Legislators heard from school administrators on…
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North Carolina is still spending much less on public education than it did before the Great Recession. That's according to a recent report from the…
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A new audit of Bertie County Schools reveals a system deficit of more than $700,000, mismanagement of school funding, and potential violations of state…
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Public-school officials are panicking ahead of state-mandated class-size reductions in kindergarten through third grade. School systems say lawmakers gave…
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Legislators filed dozens of bills on the first day back since session officially opened, including a proposal to develop a plan to change how the state…
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Legislators filed dozens of bills on the first day back since session officially opened, including a proposal to develop a plan to change how the state…
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Nineteen of the state's lowest-performing schools are getting nearly $40 million in federal grants starting in January to improve student outcomes. Each…
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In the parking lot at East Cary Middle School, bus driver Auh-murel Wright walks down the aisle of her bus between rows of empty seats, checking the…
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In a small patch of pine trees outside Magellan Charter School, a fourth-grade science class is on the hunt for insects, plants and other life. One of the…