A lawsuit that started back in the late 1990’s continues to have a resounding impact on state politics and policy today. Known as the Leandro lawsuits, this case has changed the education standards across the state and has changed its own course several times, encompassing new ideas and concepts adopted by the courts. Since July, [...]
NC Legislators Put Senior Bureaucrat on the Hot Seat
At a Legislative Oversight Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, legislators grilled a senior state employee over a variety of issues pertaining to early childcare. The unlucky bureaucrat, Dr. Deb Cassidy, Director of the Division of Child Development and Early Education (a division of the Department of Health and Human Services), took a variety of pointed childcare [...]
