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EDUCATION
Op-Ed: School vouchers are un-American
| March 4, 2024
What’s our most important institution for bringing community together? Public School. Yes, our local public schools educate our kids. Yes, they develop their passions for sports or the arts. Yes, they prepare our kids to get a good job. And yes, public schools connect our children with trusted teachers and mentors who help raise them […]
Josh Stein shares his vision for North Carolina ahead of primary
| March 1, 2024
Josh Stein says he’ll work to raise teacher pay, increase funding for public schools, create more opportunities in rural North Carolina, and protect the state against further abortion restrictions. Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, where they’ll cast their ballots in the North Carolina primary elections, determining which candidates advance to November’s general […]
NC Supreme Court Justice Berger can hear case involving his father, court rules
| February 27, 2024
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled this month that Justice Phil Berger Jr. did not have to recuse himself from the rehearing of the Leandro case, involving his father, State Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger, allowing the younger Berger to help decide the outcome. The current case stems from the 1997 ruling of Leandro v. […]
VIDEO: Josh Stein on Raising Teacher Pay
| February 22, 2024
North Carolina faces an ongoing teacher shortage crisis. Last fall, the state reported more than 3,000 teacher vacancies, and some educators are leaving the profession altogether. Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democratic candidate for governor, says the state is not taking the necessary steps to retain teachers. “We are 46th in the country in starting […]
Op-ed: Leandro is simply about giving our students what they deserve
| February 20, 2024
When I was first introduced to the Leandro Case back in 2019, I thought of it as long and complicated. It didn’t help that my introduction came with over 300 pages of educational analysis in the form of the West Ed report commissioned by a Superior Court judge. All I knew was it was a […]