A split 2-1 panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled that money resulting from a settlement between Smithfield Foods and the N.C. attorney general must flow into the…
The NC Department of Public Instruction released the preliminary second-month average daily membership (ADM) figures. Overall, statewide public school ADM dropped by over 27,000 students in the second month of…
New Hanover County Schools officials plan to raise pay for bus drivers in response to an ongoing shortage of qualified drivers. WWAY reports, Big changes are on the way for…
After years of losing enrollment and market share to homeschools, school districts are looking for ways to bring them back into the district system, mostly to boost revenues. Last year,…
Last month, I wrote about the kindergarten health assessment form, and then a few days later wrote about how the data from the form was being used in New Hanover County.…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the New Hanover County school board’s vote to seek a delay in implementation of a revised AP U.S. history course. John Hood’s…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals offered a mixed verdict this morning in a lawsuit pitting a charter school against the New Hanover County school system.…
In August, Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reported that the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) is asking school districts to use taxpayer money to fund a 501(c)(4) advocacy arm called…
RALEIGH – New Hanover County public schools and other North Carolina school districts are not very “parent-friendly,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. New Hanover earns a…
Four-year graduation rate for the 2007 – 2008 school year (2006 – 2007 graduation rate): State Average 69.9 percent (69.5 percent) Asheville 68.7 percent (77.5 percent) Buncombe 72.1 percent (73.4…
From the DPI website: State Superintendent June Atkinson is hosting a “Graduation Awareness Roundtable Meeting” on Wednesday, July 9, to build a statewide awareness program to encourage students to stay…