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North Carolina middle schoolers to compete in national spelling bee
NORTH CAROLINA — Eight middle schoolers from North Carolina will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday. According to the Charlotte Observer, that includes two students from Concord, one student from Mooresville, and another student from Clover, South Carolina. They’re among 245 total spellers who will...
Follow where the evidence leads on public school funding
For decades, the predominant narrative surrounding public schools has been that they don’t have enough money. While the importance of school funding is not in question, this conversation often excludes an important factor: distribution. How school funding is distributed is as important as how much schools are funded. To look at an example, North Carolina […]
Local professionals awarded Dedman Fellow in Leadership
Fifteen local professionals were recently awarded the Dedman Fellow in Leadership from Sandhills Community College. The Dedman Leadership Institute, a 48-hour program offered annually through the Dedman Center for Business Leadership at Sandhills Community College, prepares individuals to become effective leaders in their respective businesses or organizations. This year’s graduates...
Letter: Funding school vouchers actually increases NC's per-student spending
Your opinion page on May 16 carried an opinion column on education by Bob Hall decrying the state school vouchers program, our state’s No. 48 standing in per-pupil expenditures and Leandro failures. Perhaps some explanation will help. North Carolina law says teachers are paid by the state, presumably with equity across the board, except for those underperforming districts where bonus payments bring teacher pay above the state standards. Local districts...
NCHSAA finalizes baseball, softball state championship schedules
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCT) – We now know where the three high school baseball teams and one softball team from Eastern North Carolina will play their state championship series starting this Friday. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has finalized the schedules for the two state finals series, which will run May 31-June 1. […]
There’s nothing neutral about repealing DEI
On May 23, the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees voted to repeal its diversity and inclusion policy in favor of “institutional neutrality.” This new policy, which was introduced in April, will remove funding for DEI offices and eliminate various diversity-related positions across the 17 UNC System schools. Chancellors will be required to report cuts to existing jobs […] The post There’s nothing neutral about repealing DEI first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
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