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North Carolina schools are more segregated now than 40 years ago, study finds
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — May 17 marks 70 years since the Supreme Court ruled separating kids by race in schools was unconstitutional, forever changing education in America. But now, even decades later, there's still a lot of progress to be made. When the Brown vs. Board of Education decision came...
Foundation provides $10k scholarships to area high school students
State Employee Credit Union Foundation, a charitable organization funded by the members of State Employees’ Credit Union, has awarded $10,000 four-year college scholarships to four local graduating high school seniors for study at one of the 16 universities that is part of the University of North Carolina System. Those local scholarship recipients are: • Brayden Hall, a senior at North Surry High School, for study at UNC Charlotte; ...
NC lawmakers, students emphasize benefits of DEI policies ahead of vote to defund them
NC Democrats make last-minute push to save DEI at UNC schools. Eliminating pro-diversity programming in public universities will jeopardize North Carolina's ranking as the top in the country for business, a group of business leaders and Democratic state lawmakers said Wednesday. The UNC System's Board of Governors plans to vote...
OPINION: Why do they want to destroy public education?
Let me see if I got this right. We don’t have enough money to pay teachers properly, but we’ve got a billion dollars that we’re thinking of doling out to taxpayers? And we can’t adequately fund traditional public schools, but our lawmakers are going to appropriate $450 million more dollars to give parents vouchers to go to private schools? Am I missing something here?
Pender administrator named assistant principal of the year by state educators' group
John Bryant, assistant principal at Pender High School in Burgaw, was honored on Friday by the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) with an “Assistant Principal of the Year” award at a school presentation. Bryant has helped build a productive climate at Pender High School both for educators...
University of North Carolina drops $90 million per year on DEI: Report
The University of North Carolina System spends at least $90 million annually on salaries for diversity, equity, and inclusion staff members, according to a new report from Open the Books. The report released Tuesday by federal spending watchdog Open the Books detailed the UNC System’s spending on DEI salaries, showing that the university system is […]
'Have an open mind': NC lawmakers to discuss importance of DEI policies ahead of vote to defund them
NC lawmakers discuss importance of DEI policies ahead of vote to defund them. Students, lawmakers and business leaders will discuss Wednesday how the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) will impact our state. The UNC Board of Governors will vote to defund DEI initiatives. Seventeen colleges and universities across...
Brown v. Board Of Education: 70 Years Later, Education Vouchers Are A Threat To Public Schools
60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, voucher programs are yet another clever tool whose forces are intent on maintaining segregation to dismantle our public schools. The post Brown v. Board Of Education: 70 Years Later, Education Vouchers Are A Threat To Public Schools appeared first on NewsOne.
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