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The findings by the division, which employs more than a dozen researchers and other staff, were not always embraced by committee members and the agencies who were targeted. Other committee members praised the division‘s work. Spokespeople for Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore said this week that the General Assembly wanted to use other bipartisan oversight methods to address agency accountability. Leadership “is evaluating its current oversight functions to improve outcomes and remove duplicative processes. By reinvigorating an existing bipartisan process, the General ...

Economic development ranking system ‘cuts both ways’ The 2021 County Development Tiers map shows persistent poverty—and prosperity—in the usual regions. NCDOC map. Each year around this time, North Carolina takes a look at the economic prosperity, or lack thereof, in every one of its 100 counties. That analysis reveals the haves and the have nots, but it’s about much more than just bragging rights.  Millions of dollars of state funding tied to economic prosperity, or more appropriately, economic distress, is disbursed in a highly competitive arena where winners and los...

Challenges and opportunities for diversity in North Carolina schools Commitment determines outcomes for students   CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Rhonda Dillingham is executive director of the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools. There’s a saying that “the rain will show you where the holes in the roof are” and that couldn’t be more true over the past eight months in North Carolina and around the country. The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the challenges that all schools face in our state — from public to private, from charter to district-run. Among those challeng...