Mark Johnson, the NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, began his NC Education & Innovation Tour. Johnson pledged to hear directly from teachers, parents and the community at various stops across North Carolina. The tour is not open to the public, but he may meet with the media after some stops.
The US Senate confirmed proposed Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos on February 7, 2017, in a historic vote. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking yes vote, something that has never happened before for a cabinet position.
All you want for Christmas is disaster relief, right? Gov. McCrory has called for a special legislative session beginning Tuesday, December 13, “for the purpose of authorizing the financial assistance necessary to aid the recovery from both Hurricane Matthew and the western North Carolina wildfires… and …
November 2016 has been an education-report-issuing good time in the old North State! A new legislative report on school funding was released November 14, while a draft report on NC’s virtual charter school pilot program was presented to the Charter School Advisory Board on November 15. Talk about things to be thankful for, right?
