In Praise of Public Education: A Conversation with Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.
Join us May 22, 2019 from 6-8 PM at the NC Arboretum for a fundraiser to support our …
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In Praise of Public Education
“The Color of Law”
School segregation is unfortunately on the rise in our public schools and is directly linked to patterns of residential segregation. In The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How …
Racial Equity Report Cards Released
The Racial Equity Report Cards use data from academic achievement, school discipline and juvenile court records to create a report card for each of North Carolina’s 115 school districts. The …
#ClassSizeChaos Advocacy Day
The NCGA returns for another special session on January 10th, so let’s welcome them back in person!
Join us Wednesday, January 10, 2018 from 9AM to 1PM for an old fashioned Advocacy Day. …
Resilience: A Documentary Event
Public Schools First NC is bringing you this film because we believe that our public schools have a critical role to play in building resilience to face Adverse Childhood Experiences …
#ClassSizeChaos Tweet Storm A-Comin
SAVE THE DATE to help us welcome NCGA members with what’s on all of our minds when they return in January 2018! Join us Tuesday, January 9th from 4:00-6:00 PM for an old fashioned Twitter …
#CharlottesvilleCurriculum
As North Carolina families prepare for a new school year, our school communities are thinking about the many questions students will surely have about the August 12 white supremacist rampage …
2017-19 Biennium Budget
NC General Assembly conference committee members released their final plan for the biennium shortly before midnight on Monday, June 19. Senate leaders held votes on the 983-page plan, consisting of …
2017-19 Budget Conference Committee
Now that the House and the Senate have passed their budgets, the differences between the two will be reconciled by a conference committee, with members from both chambers.
House Education Biennium Budget
The House released a partial Education budget for 2017-2019 on Thursday, May 25th at an 8:30 AM committee meeting. Leadership allowed members to add amendments at the meeting though they had …
