North Carolina’s public schools have been creative in using less state money but must get some relief or the years of spending cuts will finally catch up with student performance, local superintendents told lawmakers on Thursday.
Continue Reading →By Tim Stevens, The News & Observer , Raleigh, N.C. (MCT)
Catastrophic brain injuries among high school football players appear to be increasing, according to data collected by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the Un…
Protesters yell at Gov. Scott Walker as he exits V.F.W Post 2778 in Appleton, Wis., on April 4. Walker was in town to sign veterans legislation.
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By Andrew Ujifusa
In a year when a dozen states have gubernatorial el…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The leading Democratic candidates for North Carolina governor did little to differentiate themselves on their views on public schools during a forum Thursday that placed them on the same stage for a debate-style event for the …
Continue Reading →After reading a story about a Mexican hat dance, 1st grader Ethan Wheeler tries out the dance himself at the Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy in Houston, one of the oldest schoolwide dual-language programs in the country. Dual-language programs—in…
Continue Reading →RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Fewer North Carolina children are being paddled, an increasing trend after one of the school districts that most often used corporal punishment dropped the practice this month.
A report to the state school board last month sho…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue on Monday called on Republican legislative leaders to work together with her to repair spending cuts in public education and prevent even deeper holes for local school districts this fall.
But Pe…
Published Online: March 12, 2012
Published in Print: March 15, 2012, as Measuring Success
The devil is in the details when evaluating the educational effectiveness of virtual schools
When high school students attending the full-time online WOLF …
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One of the top concerns voiced by critics of federal education law is that the No Child Left Behind Act’s accountability provisions force schools into…
By guest blogger Andrew Ujifusa
More ammunition for foes of high-stakes testing has come in the form of a survey of North Carolina teachers showing that more than half those polled say they devote over half their classroom time to preparing for high-…