Education
Our schools need to look at some hard numbers
North Carolina is one of the fastest growing states in the nation. That’s a phrase we’ve heard frequently over the last few years. Evidence for it is in the increased traffic…
Cabarrus County Schools
Research Brief
Liberty
Why Are Schools Still Sitting on ‘Emergency’ Covid Funds?
North Carolina K-12 public schools have received close to $6 billion in Covid-19 relief funds A new analysis finds school districts have about 75% of Covid funds unspent, and although…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 18
This past week nearly 99.7% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and over seven out of eight (88.1%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Nearly 90% of Covid Relief Funds Allotted to School Districts Still Unspent
K-12 public school districts in North Carolina have received about $6 billion in federal funds to help address the coronavirus pandemic. On average, since last March, school districts have spent…
Education
How much did your school district spend per student in 2019-20?
According to data released by the NC Department of Public Instruction today, the average per-pupil expenditures (PPE) for each district in 2019-20 were as follows: Year LEA LEA Name Total PPE…
Education
How much COVID-19 relief funding did your district or charter school receive?
The following are data published by the NC Department of Public Instruction. Public School Unit Name Allocations (as of August 14, 2020) Alamance-Burlington Schools $ 9,630,194 Alexander County Schools $ …
Education
The right and wrong way to teach children about protests
In response to racial justice protests this weekend, a Cabarrus County Schools music teacher shared a series of slides from @wokekindergarten. Teachers should try to help children make sense of their…
Law & Public Safety
N.C. Supreme Court favors Cabarrus school system in pension fight
In a 6-1 ruling, the N.C. Supreme Court has affirmed a lower-court decision throwing out a $208,000 charge to the Cabarrus County school system. The state retirement system had demanded…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
How much did your school district spend last year?
As I mentioned in two previous blog posts, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction just released figures for the 2018-19 school year. Note that city school systems follow the county in which they…
Education
Why can’t math just be math?
Today, the Cabarrus County Schools is hosting the Global Education Summit 2019, a project of UNC World View. Here is the description: World View partners are invited to kick off…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
How much did school districts spend last year?
Last week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released per-student expenditure data for the 2017-18 school year. While most districts increased spending from 2017 to 2018, 10 districts spent less. …
Research Brief
Education
Enrollment Changes Have Consequences
Earlier this week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction published the final 2015-16 student counts for all district and charter schools. I used Average Daily Membership (ADM) data to determine…