Education (PreK-12)

Every February, the Information Analysis section of the Division of School Business at the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes “Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget.” …

During the last week in March, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) conducted a survey to measure the state’s migration to remote learning, that is, the use of…

Over the last two days, I wrote about two proposals designed to address learning loss due to COVID-19 school closures.  On Monday, I discussed the idea of requiring disadvantaged…

Yesterday, I outlined the cases for and against requiring disadvantaged students to repeat their current grade next year.  I concluded that grade retention is a decision best left to…

On March 23, Gov. Cooper signed Executive Order 120, which closed K-12 public school statewide through May 15.  If conditions do not improve significantly in April, Cooper may decide to close…

Three weeks ago today, Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19.  One day later, John Locke Foundation researchers paused all other projects and got…

School closures designed to impede the spread of COVID-19 have prompted North Carolina’s public school educators to transition to online instruction.  But this transition has been uneven across classrooms, schools,…

On March 14, Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order that directed all public schools to close to students for at least two weeks.  He further directed the N.C.

Last week, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released the 2018-19 Consolidated Data Report.  The lengthy report contains data and information related to public school and district…

Last year, Mark Johnson announced he would not seek re-election as superintendent of public instruction and instead would compete for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. His loss in the…