What is the goal of our public education? Is it to prepare our children to lead in the future? Or is it to protect them from a past we all need to learn from?
The Wake County school board is contemplating the possibility of taking legal action against social media companies, contending that the psychological damage caused by their apps necessitates school intervention, according to WRAL
Since Republicans took over the New Hanover County School Board, numerous controversial policies have been pushed by right-wing board members, including a revision to their latest measure, Policy 7205.
Late last month, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the long-running Leandro education case. The Feb. 22nd hearing marked the fifth appearance of the 30 year-long case in front of the high court.
Participants in the Teaching Fellows program commit to repaying forgivable loans by teaching in North Carolina’s public schools after graduation.
The plaintiffs in the case, which include families and school boards in five lower-income counties, had requested that Justice Phil Berger Jr. recuse himself from the case due to his father’s involvement.
The Campaign for Southern Equality, an Asheville-based nonprofit, filed the complaint late last month, alleging that North Carolina’s adoption of the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” law has resulted in policies and practices that discriminate against LGBTQ students.
Last week, individuals who vehemently protested a sensible new policy regarding formal book ban requests in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools were essentially creating a commotion without substance, according to the News & Record.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction just joined the Federal Department of Education, The Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the nation’s largest school district in advocating for Artificial Intelligence in the classroom
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board defied state law on Thursday by not mandating schools to inform parents when their students express a desire to be recognized by a different name or pronoun at school, according to the News & Observer.