The NC State Board of Education will meet on Wednesday and Thursday, February 4-5, 2015.

Here is the agenda for Wednesday.

Here is the agenda for Thursday.

Background information about the letter grades for schools that will be released on Thursday, February 5, 2015, in a press conference after the board meeting can be found here.

• 2015′s Cities with the Most & Least Efficient Spending on Education

  WalletHub | January 30, 2015

• America’s new aristocracy: As the importance of intellectual capital grows, privilege has become increasingly heritable

  The Economist | January 24, 2015

• School Reform Fails the Test: How can our schools get better when we’ve made our teachers the problem and not the solution?

  The American Scholar | February 1, 2015

• What makes a great teacher

  Ellie Herman in The Washington Post | February 2, 2015

• What We’re Watching: A Conversation With US Senator Tim Scott – The School Choice Journey

  EducationNext | January 27, 2015

• Cursive handwriting is useless, but politicians want students to learn it anyway

  Vox | February 1, 2015

• Wake schools providing less information on new principals

  The Greenville Daily Reflector | February 1, 2015

• Pitt County Schools requesting budget increase

  The Greenville Daily Reflector | February 1, 2015

• 10 facts you may not know about Rockingham County schools

  The Greensboro News & Record | February 1, 2015

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