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RALEIGH — School districts across North Carolina would be forced to close more than 150 traditional schools, if the State Board of Education extended new charter school performance standards to…

RALEIGH — The Triad’s largest public school systems both earned lower grades this year, in the John Locke Foundation’s second-annual ranking of “parent-friendly” schools. Guilford County’s grade…

RALEIGH — Guilford County commissioners could avoid a proposed sales tax increase for four years by diverting almost $65.3 million in savings and existing revenue streams to high-priority county government…

The Guilford County commissioners are asking voters to approve a sales-tax increase on November 4. This report identifies nearly $65.3 million in revenue and savings the county could use to meet its needs — more than four times the amount that the proposed tax increase would produce.

RALEIGH — Guilford County public schools have seen “promising results” during the first two years of Mission Possible, an incentive-pay program for teachers and administrators. That’s the assessment of a…

In 2006, in recognition of the need to attract and retain experienced administrators and teachers who teach subjects (Math and English/Language Arts) that are part of the state and federal accountability requirements, Guilford County Schools, the third largest school system in North Carolina, initiated Mission Possible. The program offers recruitment and performance incentives for teachers and administrators who teach in the county’s low-performing and low-income schools.

RALEIGH – The Triad’s largest public school systems earn poor grades for “parent-friendliness,” according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. Guilford schools earn a C and Forsyth…

RALEIGH – Winston-Salem’s city government earns a C grade, when it comes to making budget and spending information available online. That’s better than the D-plus assigned to High Point and…

The Guilford County commissioners are asking voters to approve a sales-tax increase on May 6. This report identifies nearly $83.4 million in revenue and savings the county could use to meet its needs — over five times the amount that the proposed tax increase would produce.

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