Press Releases Release Date between Min Max Search press releases The NC Education & Innovation Tour Coming to Forsyth County Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 12:00 PM Mark Johnson, the NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, will visit Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools on Friday, Feb. 3, as part of his NC Education & Innovation Tour. Earlier this year, Johnson pledged to conduct a listening tour to hear directly from educators, parents, and community leaders across North Carolina. Sponsors Needed to Help Ensure Students Don't Go Hungry this Summer Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM Last year, nearly 1 million North Carolina public school students were eligible to receive free or reduced priced meals at school through the National School Lunch Program. Of that number, fewer than 120,000 received meals during the summer months through the state’s Summer Nutrition Programs. In other words, approximately 88 percent of the state’s economically disadvantaged, school-age children may have been hungry during the summer. Public School Dropout Rate Improves In 2015-16 Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 12:00 PM North Carolina’s public high school dropout rate improved slightly in 2015-16, according to data compiled by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. As reported in the 2015-16 Consolidated Data Report, which will be presented to the State Board of Education Feb. 2, the state’s dropout rate ticked down to 2.29 percent from 2.39 percent the previous year. In 2015-16, 10,889 students dropped out, compared to 11,190 students the previous year. Reportable Public School Crimes and Consequences Decrease in 2015-16; Short-Term Suspensions Increase Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 12:00 PM Numbers of reportable acts of school crime, long-term suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment events decreased in 2015-16, while the number of short-term suspensions increased, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2015-16 Consolidated Data Report. This report will be presented Feb. 2 to the State Board of Education. The total number of reportable acts of school crime decreased 3.2 percent from the 2014-15 school year. Approximately 1.5 million students attended public schools in 2015-16. Regional NC Teachers of the Year Named; State Winner to Be Announced in April Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 12:00 PM Nine teachers from across North Carolina have been selected as the state’s regional Teachers of the Year for their dedication, innovation and ability to inspire students to achieve and will now compete for the title of 2017 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year. The winner succeeds the 2016 Teacher of the Year, Bobbie Cavnar, a high school English and journalism teacher at South Point High in Gaston County. Hearing On Preliminary Injunction Postponed Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 12:00 PM Last week, the Wake County Superior Court granted our motion for a temporary restraining order to stop unconstitutional legislation that attempted to transfer the constitutional powers and duties of the State Board of Education to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Earlier this week, Chief Justice Mark Martin assigned a three-judge panel to hear the case. The three-judge panel was scheduled to go forward tomorrow morning (Friday, Jan. 6) with a hearing on our motion for a preliminary injunction. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15