Mark Johnson

North Carolina schools could forfeit millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief money that was earmarked for summer learning programs, State Auditor Beth Wood says. An audit released last week urges state education officials to keep better track of the emergency money.

The crucial task of monitoring reading skills in K-3 students will fall to local school districts next year, state Superintendent Mark Johnson announced…

Right after a scathing audit report went public, North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction is seeking a new chief financial officer. The state…

State Auditor Beth Wood says North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction will have to repay $18 million in federal money intended for students with…

North Carolina state Superintendent Mark Johnson launched a task force Thursday to figure out how to reopen schools in the fall. He told the state Board…

Thursday’s state Board of Education meeting brought more than $30 million worth of good news for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools – and accusations from the…

When North Carolina voters go to the polls on Super Tuesday, they will be faced with making a preliminary selection on who should be the next...

A Wake County judge sided with state Superintendent Mark Johnson Monday in a legal battle over how to test North Carolina’s youngest readers.The Superior…

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s superintendent of public instruction is alleging that more than 70,000 third-grade students have been wrongly promoted since…

A state hearing officer ruled Monday that the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction violated the law and jeopardized the integrity of the state…