In addition to more than 400,000 school supply items, WakeEd raised over $70,000 in monetary donations, including a $20,000 challenge match from the 4 Others Foundation.
La candidatura de Michelle Morrow para el puesto de superintendente de Carolina del Norte ha generado preocupaciones significativas. La visión educativa de Morrow ha sido criticada por no alinearse adecuadamente con las necesidades actuales de las escuelas del estado.
Fresh on the heels of Republican legislators passing a bill this week to spend another $463.5 million on private school vouchers, NC superintendent candidates Mo Green (D) and Michele Morrow (R) will face each other in a debate on Saturday morning.
The Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion of Effective Educators scholarship initiative at NC Central will cover the cost of 16 educators’ Master’s degrees to become principals.
HBCUs play an outsized role in supporting the economic mobility of African Americans — producing 40% of all Black engineers, 50% of all Black teachers, 70% of all Black doctors and dentists, and 80% of all Black judges.
This issue in Johnston County arises amidst a broader national debate over classroom content, spurred by concerns from right-wing groups, which has led to the enactment of laws such as the Parents’ Bill of Rights.
North Carolina will receive over half a million dollars to test lead in drinking waters at schools and child care centers.
“Robinson and [Morrow] would support taking millions more of our taxpayer funds and funnel them into private and religious schools for the wealthy,” Democratic superintendent candidate Mo Green said. “Their goal is to defund public education, and I will never support that.”
The jaw-dropping contrast of the candidates is a crystal clear reflection of the Presidential election: an insurrectionist who threatens violence against her opponents and wants to dismantle and defund our institutions and a public servant with area expertise who believes in the promise of a multi-racial democracy.
State officials recently announced that during the 2023-24 school year, only 58% of third graders met reading benchmarks. The trend worsens as students get to high school, as only 33% of 9th graders in North Carolina can read proficiently.