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The North Carolina Supreme Court, which is now dominated by Republican appointees, is reopening a ruling about public school funding issued a year ago

My traditional GOP values are no where to be found in the candidates on the ballot | Letters to the editor

HENDERSON — After stepping down from the state Supreme Court last September, Associate Justice Mike Morgan announced his bid for governor. On Tuesday night, he brought his campaign to Henderson

Over the past decades, state funding for schools has fluctuated. To understand what that looks like, WUNC's education reporter Liz Schlemmer spoke with two veteran teachers.

Teacher shortage underscores the unaddressed crisis in NC’s public education system

Teacher shortage underscores the unaddressed crisis in North Carolina's public education system; Leandro funding

Court must affirm Leandro order and plan, N.C. must fund it

By Jereann King Johnson

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has agreed to accelerate the process to determine whether a trial judge had authority to order $1.7 billion in taxpayer money be spent to address inequities in the public schools.

An attorney for North Carolina State Controller Linda Combs last week wrote to the Court of Appeals and said that complying with a judge's order to allocate $1.75 billion to address education inequities would force her to violate the state constitution and other laws.