Using a type of school choice known as open enrollment, parents can select any traditional public school with open seats instead of sending their children to their residentially assigned school.…
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Carolina Journal Poll said that they would support a policy giving students the opportunity to transfer to a public school of their choice,…
This past week 99.2% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and more than four out of five (81.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Kudos to Michael Hicks of Union County Public Schools for his petition supporting school calendar flexibility. This year, our county, Union County Public Schools, adopted a schedule where children came…
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 $ …
A group of Union County teachers is petitioning the county school board to implement a full-time remote learning plan. Today, the group held signs in front of the district’s central…
Abigail Burrola writes for the Martin Center about tools designed to help prospective college students find the right school. Which college a student chooses to attend is a major decision…
WBTV has the details: The Union County School Board voted to host traditional graduation ceremonies while practicing social distancing— despite North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s order that prohibits them. ……
SchoolGrades.org is a new website that uses a fair and uniform grading standard to evaluate nearly every public school in the nation. Gold schools, the highest rating in the SchoolGrades.org…
View in your browser. Welcome Over the next few months, the NC Department of Public Instruction will release key personnel, financial, and student enrollment information for each of the state’s…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Sara Burrows’ report about the Union County school board’s efforts to improve the school system’s grade from NCTransparency.com.