For over a decade, North Carolina public schools have been underfunded. State courts have ruled multiple times that the legislature must increase school funding.
An anti-CRT Johnston County school board member – and Smithfield police officer who was suspended during an internal investigation – is now refusing to resign from his seat after announcing he would.
Beginning teachers in Alabama will earn 17% more than new teachers in NC and teachers with 35+ years of experience will earn 23 percent more than those with the same experience here.
Where races are being held, voters can vote early now through July 23. For those who are unable to make it out to vote early, general elections will be held on Election Day – July 26.
North Carolina Senate Democrats are calling on their Republican counterparts to extend the free school lunch and breakfast program for students.
A national faculty group released a report that highlights the numerous violations of threats to faculty governance, limiting academic freedom and the presence of institutional racism within the UNC System.
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools system has multiple districts with seats up for grabs and there are a number of extremist Republican candidates.
“If you want to celebrate divisive things like gay pride or whatever, then do it, but do it on private property,” said Macon County Commissioner Paul Higdon.
According to the News & Observer, “This fall’s election could decide whether Wake continues to have a left-leaning school board majority or shifts to a more conservative direction.”
HB 755 would erase LGBTQ+ voices from curriculum, put a target on educators and and require mandatory reporting to parents if a student begins to question their sexual identity in school.