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Tuesday, 18 June 2013 19:29 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is offering states more time to enact promised reforms in exchange for permission to ignore unworkable parts of No Child Left Behind.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday sent letters to school chiefs telling them that they could apply to take another year to start using test results to evaluate teachers. That means some states could delay linking students' test results with decisions to hire or fire teachers until the 2016 school year.
Duncan says he wants teachers to learn what promises were included in the reform plans before they are held accountable for them.
Duncan already has given 37 states and the District of Columbia permission to ignore parts of the No Child Left Behind education law.
Congress is currently rewriting the law.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 19:29 |
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Friday, 14 June 2013 17:52 |
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CHAPEL HILL, (AP) — The board of governors for the University of North Carolina system is considering whether to admit more out-of-state residents to the colleges and universities.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that board members say bringing in more out-of-state students would improve the talent pool in the state and strengthen historically minority campuses.
Some schools near North Carolina's borders with other states have space available for more students.
The move comes as the UNC system faces another round of budget cuts.
But board chairman Peter Hans said Thursday the goal is more about attracting talented to people to North Carolina, rather than raising revenue for the schools from the higher tuition.
Enrollment of non-North Carolina freshmen has been limited to 18 percent of the total at the public schools. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 14 June 2013 17:54 |
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Friday, 14 June 2013 17:46 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory is praising a University of North Carolina system energy efficiency initiative estimated to save $25 million.
McCrory said Friday in a statement that the UNC Board of Governors will save $25 million in taxpayer money over seven years through the installation of energy-efficient lighting fixtures and other efforts.
The agreement will lead to the installation of more than 100,000 energy-efficient lighting fixtures in classrooms, dormitories and other facilities across 13 UNC campuses, UNC TV, the NC Arboretum and the state Department of Commerce Energy Office.
North Carolina-based Johnson Controls Inc. will lead the program. The effort includes CREE, a major energy-efficient lighting firm also based in the state.
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Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:10 |
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WINSTON-SALEM, (AP) — The Forsyth County district attorney says it appears that about 20 possible crimes were not reported to law enforcement by local school officials.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported that District Attorney Jim O'Neill said that the names of three teachers who were eventually prosecuted were among 18 to 20 cases that school officials apparently did not report.
O'Neill in 2010 asked the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate whether the school system had properly reported school crimes and inappropriate teacher behavior to law enforcement.
O'Neill says the SBI found that the school system's for tracking alleged crimes was inadequate.
School spokesman Theo Helm said the district now keeps a record of all allegations, not just those that result in discipline. He says all allegations are reported.
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