@carlibrosseau.bsky.social
K-12 education reporter at The Assembly NC, a magazine that produces longform journalism about North Carolina. Tender of plants and animals, baker of bread.
@barryyeoman.comReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialAs part of a three-state experiment, journalists at @theassemblync.bsky.social and @propublica.org tested whether they could get a North Carolina state license to open a private school inside Ponysaurus Brewing. #ncpol @carlibrosseau.bsky.social @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
@theassemblync.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test. Reporting has shown how easy it can be to found a private schools. That led us to an experiment: Could we do it?
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialA good question, but they did clarify that the building needed to be inspected for educational use.
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialSitting at Ponysaurus Brewing Co., we filed to start a private school. www.propublica.org/article/prop...
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialIn North Carolina, the number of students enrolled in credit recovery courses increased by 173%, from 16,882 in 2017-18 to 46,133 in the 2023-24 school year, @lilyalta.bsky.social reports.
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialParticipation in dual-enrollment plans has exploded since the General Assembly established the free Career and College Promise (CCP) program in 2011. About 95,000 NC high schoolers participated in 2024-25, up from 78,800 the previous school year and 11,000 in 2014.
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialIn response to a teacher shortage and a wave of underprepared new teachers, Wake County Public School System and NC State are testing an apprenticeship model to help instructional assistants earn master's degrees and become fully licensed teachers. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
@npr.orgReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialEducation staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students. n.pr/3TS9SAR
@byjordangreen.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialEXCLUSIVE: Thousands of pages of newly released FBI documents shed light on the agency's role in the Greensboro Massacre.
Two Klansman, including one who was a former FBI informant, separately warned the agency about the potential for violence. (paywalled)
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
@theassemblync.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialWake County Commissioners Green-light WakeMed-Atrium Merger After four months of public deliberation and some additional concessions from the state’s largest hospital system, commissioners voted 5-2 for changes that will allow the deal to go through.
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialAfter spending most of the previous 100 years in the minority, North Carolina Republicans swept the 2010 elections and seized control of the General Assembly. They’ve largely dictated the state’s policy agenda ever since.
Are we better off?
@jenjennings.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialHoarding public records doesn’t pay.
@nateraymond.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.social"She and several of her soon-to-be former colleagues were cut just hours before they were scheduled to be honored for their work at a North Carolina Press Association awards ceremony."
@leahsottile.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialThere are options when it comes to saving local journalism. For example, AB 2222 is waiting for Newsom's signature in California. I really hope Northwest states follow the lead of Rebuild Local News. Something like this would be a game changer: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/explainer-ca...
@caitmcglade.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialI, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA.
Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year.
@theassemblync.bsky.socialReposted by @carlibrosseau.bsky.socialMaking the Grade at The Assembly’s Triangle Article Club Participants debated possible causes of grade inflation and potential solutions at the Chapel Hill gathering.
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialA school I wrote about not long ago—A&T Four Middle College—posted huge gains in recent test scores. The school's composite proficiency score was up 26 points from the year before. The student body is all boys, mostly Black and Hispanic. greensborothread.com/news/educati...
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialThe Assembly's voter guide is here!
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialState test scores climb for WCPSS, with third grade reading a stand out www.wunc.org/education/20...
@carlibrosseau.bsky.socialIn the Leandro case, she wrote: “It is difficult to estimate the damage this Court has done to its own legitimacy by trying to rewrite a fundamental constitutional guarantee because it no longer comports with the Justices’ individual political preferences." www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
