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Published September 24NC task force leans toward new way of measuring school growth
A State Board of Education task force wants to stop grading schools on how their students did compared with the rest of the state that year. It would instead measure each student against a target set before the school year, built from that student's own past test scores.
Carolina Public Press
Published September 24NC universities ranked by free-speech advocacy group
FIRE gives most US schools low grades for campus free speech and rewards positions of institutional neutrality in higher education. NC universities ranked by free-speech advocacy group is a story from Carolina Public Press , an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough…
Carolina Journal
Published September 22State program admits every NC senior to college without application
All 105,036 NC public school seniors on track to graduate got a direct college admission offer this year through NC College Connect. Two-thirds were admitted to four-year schools, but the state counts offers, not enrollment.
Carolina Journal
Published September 21NC no longer requires entrance exams for teacher training programs
Students no longer need to pass an entrance exam to get into North Carolina's teacher training programs. Lawmakers dropped the requirement to help fill classrooms, leaving a GPA minimum as the only bar for admission.
Carolina Journal
Published September 16Wake school board asks federal judge to dismiss Lassiter lawsuit
The Wake County school board is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from a former principal who claims politics played a role in his suspension and resignation in 2024.
Carolina Journal
Published September 16Federal grant expands NC program that scores students on empathy, collaboration
DPI won a $4 million federal grant to expand a program that grades students on skills like empathy and collaboration and puts the results on a second transcript. The work will be scored partly by AI, and the release leaves open whether the data will feed into the state's new A–F…
Carolina Journal
Published September 16NC nonprofit moves to build statewide scholarship group for public school students
NC Education Corps is launching a statewide scholarship group so public school students can benefit from the new federal school choice tax credit. Donations start Jan. 1, but the state's approval process doesn't exist yet.
Carolina Journal
Published September 15Locke backs school funding overhaul, faults ‘no loss’ guarantee
A new analysis from the John Locke Foundation says the Public School Forum is right that North Carolina should overhaul school funding. But it faults the Forum's demand that no district lose money, arguing the guarantee would protect shrinking, wealthier districts.
Carolina Journal
Published September 14Federal probe finds discrimination in Duke medical school admissions
Investigators found Duke medical school used race in admissions, disadvantaging white and Asian applicants despite a 2023 Supreme Court ruling.
Carolina Journal
Published September 11See how NC campuses fared in FIRE’s 2027 College Free Speech Rankings
North Carolina colleges scored above the national average for campus free speech in The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) 2026 College Free-Speech Rankings FIRE gave North Carolina an average score of 70 out of 100, up 1.1 points from 2025. Nationally,…
Carolina Journal
Published September 10Charter group brings in firm to set standards for NC virtual schools
North Carolina's charter school association has brought in a Texas consulting firm to write quality standards for the state's virtual charter academies, which have grown from seven to 19 in two years while the state charter office says none of its staff has experience evaluating…
Carolina Journal
Published September 10High school math requirements set for overhaul in NC
North Carolina would drop NC Math 3 as a graduation requirement and let students choose any two courses above Math 2, including new classes in statistics, data science, and logic, under standards the State Board of Education takes up next month.