• State Board of Ed examines decline in teacher licensure exam pass rates

    State Board of Ed examines decline in teacher licensure exam pass rates
    by Greg Childress
    Friday, December 6, 2019

    The percentage of teachers passing state licensure exams has fallen to 80 percent, leaving some members of the State Board of Education (SBE) to wonder if students are being shortchanged by ill-prepared teachers.

    A report shared with SBE members this week showed the passing rate on state teacher exams falling from 96% percent in 2014 to 80.2% in 2018.

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Critics vow to combat UNC’s “Silent Sam” deal with Confederate group

By Joe Killian
12/5/2019

Students, faculty and legal experts are all questioning last week’s legal settlement in which the UNC System gave the “Silent Sam” Confederate monument to the Sons of Confederate Veterans – along with $2.5 million.

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An infant’s gravesite, environmental concerns could put proposed Caswell County mining operation on the rocks

An infant’s gravesite, environmental concerns could put proposed Caswell County mining operation on the rocks

By Lisa Sorg
12/4/2019
Government isn’t ensuring safe housing for N.C. military families — watchdog report

Government isn’t ensuring safe housing for N.C. military families — watchdog report

By Allison Stevens
12/3/2019
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Sen. Phil Berger sidesteps an inconvenient truth about NC teacher pay

By Kim Mackey
12/5/2019

Despite having voted to expand the economics and personal finance curriculum in the state’s high schools, North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger fails to apply basic principles of these subjects when touting supposed accomplishments in teacher pay in his November 25 op-ed in Raleigh’s News & Observer, “Yes, Republican tax policies are working in North Carolina.”

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After Republicans’ latest gerrymandering low, now is the time for your outrage

After Republicans’ latest gerrymandering low, now is the time for your outrage

By Billy Ball
12/4/2019
Eight errors and omissions of the 2019 legislative session

Eight errors and omissions of the 2019 legislative session

By Rob Schofield
12/3/2019
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