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Lindsay Wagner

@lindsaywagnernc

Lindsay Wagner is senior writer/researcher at the Public School Forum of North Carolina. She provides research, analysis, and reporting on issues pertaining to education in North Carolina with a particular focus on transparency and accountability.

 

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Steep cuts to North Carolina’s education agency hurt low-performing schools the most

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Lisa* has dedicated her professional life to helping low-performing schools transform into buildings where students can succeed. As she drove...

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Will General Assembly fix critical flaws in new principal pay plan?

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It has been a year and a half since a legislative committee heard testimony from education and business stakeholders about...

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In North Carolina, funding gaps are shortchanging students with special needs

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Cleveland County Schools’ Exceptional Children Director Nellie Aspel, who is charged with managing all of the moving parts related to...

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Will North Carolina schools see a fix in January for the class size crisis?

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North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that’s having a big impact...

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Without action, class size mandate threatens Pre-K in some school districts

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Without the necessary time and money to build more elementary school classrooms to satisfy the General Assembly’s requirement to lower...

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Is North Carolina really a destination for teachers?

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When former teacher James Sadler saw a headline last week calling North Carolina a “destination for teachers,” he had a...

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Serious questions arise for state’s largest voucher school

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North Carolina’s largest recipient of private school vouchers has filed a financial review that lacked basic information consistent with “generally...

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North Carolina’s school voucher program: An accountability and transparency wish list for 2017

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A common refrain I hear in the course of my reporting and writing about school vouchers — a program that...

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Charter school oversight board to discuss virtual charter schools, new applications next week

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The NC Charter School Advisory Board will meet next week, November 15-16, to begin its review of new applications made by those...

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Charter advocates reeling after low number of new charter schools approved for 2017

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Days after the State Board of Education voted last week to reject five of the Charter School Advisory Board’s 13...

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When charter schools fail

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Erinn Rochelle says she beat herself up for months after her sons’ charter school unexpectedly shut down during its first...

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New law could keep bad charters in business

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When members of the NC Charter School Advisory Board convened in Raleigh for their June meeting this week, they engaged...