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Truitt, Mangrum debate Opportunity Scholarships, reopening schools
RALEIGH — Reopening schools is the top priority of Catherine Truitt, the Republican candidate for state superintendent.
GOP leaders, parents call for Cooper to reopen public schools
RALEIGH — For Tara Deane’s two youngest children, virtual learning has been a nightmare.
Educational institutions ask General Assembly for more COVID-19 money
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s public schools and universities are asking the General Assembly for millions more to deal with COVID-19 challenges.
School choice becomes big issue in 2020 elections
RALEIGH — Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons.
Left-leaning teacher groups sue over private school voucher program
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s largest teacher organization is suing to kill a program helping low-income families send their children to private schools.
Cooper gives school districts option to open with blended plan or remote instruction; N.C. will remain in Phase 2 for 3 more weeks
ROCKINGHAM — Students could be back in school next month, depending on what the Richmond County Board of Education decides.
Activists, lawmakers seek big spending increase for schools
RALEIGH — Education activists and Democratic lawmakers want to spend more on education, even as the state faces a massive budget shortfall and is entering a potentially disastrous hurricane season.
DHHS shares health guidance to re-open public schools
RALEIGH — New health guidelines released Monday represent a first step to help North Carolina K-12 public schools find a safe way to open to in-person instruction for the 2020-21 academic year, health and education leaders announced Monday.
N.C. schools will continue dealing with COVID-19 this fall and beyond
RALEIGH — It’s not certain whether COVID-19 will continue to spread through North Carolina this fall, but one thing is likely: The 2020-21 school year won’t be typical.
Leandro compliance named top issue at Public School Forum event
RALEIGH — Instead of the traditional top-10 issues in public education, the Public School Forum of North Carolina picked just one.
