Interesting article over at The Daily Tar Heel over the possibility that North Carolina might lose Title I funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which is the replacement for No ChildLeft Behind:…
Michael Lowrey reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn a lower court in a Union County school funding dispute. Sam Hieb’s Daily Journal…
Interesting situation the Guilford County Board of Education pondered at last night’s meeting—- how to fund transportation to magnet schools* after Title I money dries up due to the phaseout…
Much of the state and local media has ignored the fact that the expiration of federal stimulus funding is one of the major reasons why school districts will be forced…
Loyal reader Ironman encouraged me to take another look at the N&R’s front-pager headlined ‘Poverty rises in Guilford schools.’ The article focused on the fact that Irving Park Elementary —located…
JLF Education Policy Analyst Terry Stoops has a must-read post in The Locker Room about the deplorable new statewide reading test scores. To anyone who follows public education, it’s no…
At last night’s meeting, the Guilford County Board of Education voted to spend $7200 to send four parents to a three-day conference in Birmingham on increasing greater parental involvement in…
The Orange County Schools wants to “even out” the number of students who receive a free or reduced lunch (F&R) across the district. They plan to cap the number of…
Yesterday, the Education Trust released its Funding Gap 2006 report and found that North Carolina, on average, spends $344 less per student in poor districts than wealthy districts. This is…
Charter schools receive too much money, according to Don Martin, the superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Even thought the state does not provide charter schools any funds for capital needs,…
eSchool News Online says yes! They believe that there will now be a more favorable climate for education funding on Capitol Hill. I think it has been pretty favorable already.…
Sorry Chairman Lee, I just don’t buy the spin. There should be NO reason for the delay. Except there is an election next Tuesday, and the test results will lead…