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Michele Morrow, a ‘lifelong Christian conservative,’ is the Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction
Update: On Friday, March 16, 2024, CNN broke a news article about social media posts between 2019-21 by Michele Morrow on her personal Twitter account that sanctioned violence including death by firing squad of leaders of our country.…
Mo Green, known as ‘champion for public education,’ is the Democratic candidate for state superintendent of public instruction
Updated on March 6, 2024: Mo Green won the primary election and will be the Democratic candidate for superintendent of public instruction in the general election on Nov.…
Applications for Opportunity Scholarships are in. What are the numbers?
The N.C. State Educational Assistance Authority (NCSEAA) has confirmed to EdNC that from Feb. 1 through March 1, just under 72,000 new Opportunity Scholarship applications were completed. …
A 10-year look at school district fund balances
Contents What’s enough when it comes to a fund balance? District fund balances from 2013-2023 Correction on March 13, 2024: In the spreadsheet, the total fund balance and fund balance as a percent of expenditures have been corrected for 2022 and 2023 for Nash/Rocky Mount Schools, New Hanover County Schools, Newton/Conover Schools, Northampton County Schools, and Onslow County Schools.…
The Editor’s Notes
Here is where to find participation totals for schools and districts for the Teacher Working Conditions survey.
The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.
The following information is in both the article on vouchers and the article on fund balances, but I want to highlight it for districts.
Data on Opportunity Scholarships does not have to be reported by NCSEAA to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) until Oct. 15 (search the budget bill for “Opportunity Scholarship Financial Impact Report/Reinvestment in Public Schools” to see the provision). Only DPI will be able to determine how many of the students who applied and receive the voucher were in public schools in 2023-24.
Public school districts will have to put together their master schedule and local budget requests in April and May for the 2024-25 school year without data on the impact of school choice expansion. Because parents often don’t withdraw their students from the school they are attending, districts won’t know until school starts in August how many students they are losing. For districts, that matters because public school funding is based on average daily membership (ADM).
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Public school enrollments will continue to decline unless they become customer-focused, Rice study suggests
Finding "superintendents and school leaders need to embrace science and customer focus rather than continue to rely on stakeholder appeasement."... Read the rest
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A former charter school has gone private after the state ordered it closed
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In 1959, NC banned public workers from bargaining contracts — what it means for teachers today
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NC East Alliance Announces Team and Board Changes
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ANN DOSS HELMS | Thoughts on a better way to rate NC schools
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District Under Federal Investigation Following Death of Nonbinary Student Nex Benedict
