Have you ever wondered how much the average public school teacher is paid in salary and benefits, how much public schools receive in lottery funding, or how many students are…
That nod to the famous line from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist may be what some Wake County commissioners are thinking after learning that Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Superintendent…
Session Law 2013-360 (Section 8.14) requires N.C. Department of Public Instruction to produce an annual expenditure report for the state’s public schools. Today, N.C. DPI released the report for the 2015-16…
In an email sent to Wake County Schools staff, Superintendent Jim Merrill and Chief Operating Officer David Neter skirt the fact that the county commission, not the N.C. General Assembly,…
The Mountaineer has an article thoroughly discussing budget cuts for Haywood County schools. The complaint that more money is needed in traditional public schools because the per-student state funding is…
Interesting N&R dispatch from this weekend’s Guilford County Board of Education retreat— board members were briefed on a budget analysis paid for by—-get this —Say Yes to Education: Thousands of…
The state increased the Macon County Schools budget by $540,500. The school district’s textbook allocation increased from $64,680 to $129,043. Informeth the Macon News: The state-approved budget that was passed…
View in your browser. Welcome It is back to school time, which means that the mainstream media and public school advocacy groups are busy telling folks that Republicans are jeopardizing…
Headline in N&R print edition story on last night’s public hearing on the Guilford County Schools budget at last night’s Board of Commissioners meeting: Commissioners taken to school at hearing…
View in your browser. Welcome In this week’s CommenTerry, I outline proposed changes to the K-12 portion of the state budget. That’s pretty much it. Bulletin Board Learn. The John…
View in your browser. Welcome This week, the subject of textbook funding has been brought to the fore by an article, and subsequent editorial, published in the News & Observer. …
Courtesy of the Charlotte Observer article, “CMS final budget: Better than expected,” The $1.24 billion budget the [Charlotte-Mecklenburg] school board approved unanimously Tuesday represents a slight increase in per-pupil spending…