September 1, 2022

Just-Released National Test Scores Show How School Closures Decimated Student Learning Over Last Two Years

Today the National Assessment for Educational Progress, or NAEP, released test scores for fourth-graders, mostly nine years old, and they are grim: math scores dropped […]
August 31, 2022

Teacher Union Lawyer Warns Elizabeth Mayor He Is Courting Ethics Charges by Threatening School Staff

After Elizabeth City Mayor Chris Bollwage tweeted that all district teachers who participated in a strike over stalled negotiations would lose opportunities for promotions, parents […]
COMMUNITIES
March 3, 2021

New Poll: Black Parents Far Less Likely To Want Children Back in School, or Even Have the Choice

More white voters than Black voters (and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic voters) trust the vaccine, have been vaccinated themselves, would send their kids into classrooms, and think the state is moving too slowly reopening schools.
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