The State Board of Education will meet next week, Feb. 3-4, in the 7^th Floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh. Here is the agenda for Feb. 3. Here is the agenda for Feb. 4.

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• No 10 percent raise for teachers, NC House speaker says

  The Charlotte Observer | January 28, 2016

• Heart-wrenching public hearing draws Central Elementary parents, teachers and students

  Smoky Mountain News | January 28, 2016

• The Three Tribes of the School Choice Movement

  EducationNext | January 28, 2016

• Ed. Dept. Outlines ESSA Transition on Tutoring, School Choice, Teachers

  Education Week | January 28, 2016

• When it comes to K-12 education, goals of GOP contenders are moot

  The Washington Post | January 28, 2016

• More state tests are “getting honest” about how few kids are on track for college, but there are outliers

  The Hechinger Report | January 28, 2016

• Feds issue reminder to N.C.: Test students or risk losing funding

  AP: The Greensboro News & Record | January 28, 2016

• 'More fair' report on NC charter schools released

  WRAL | January 28, 2016

• Legislator Likens Failing Schools To ‘Death Traps’ For Minorities

  The Carolina Journal | January 28, 2016

• Vanderbilt education researcher talks the middling numbers of achievement school districts

  NC Policy Watch | January 28, 2016

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