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school choice

North Carolina to Launch Education Savings Accounts, With Up to $7,500 Per Child

Linda Jacobson
Analysis

How States Can Make Summer Learning Programs Meaningful and Open to All Students

Allison Crean Davis
tutoring

Grant-Winning Nonprofit Sees Volunteer Tutors as Key to Closing Math Learning Gap

Sierra Lyons
North Carolina

School’s Back in Session. For Early Childhood Education in North Carolina, It Was Never Out

Liz Bell
North Carolina

More Than Half of North Carolina’s Students Rated Proficient on State Exams

Greg Childress
higher education

Restricting College Tenure Could Hurt Economies in Texas and Elsewhere, Many Warn

Stephen Elliott
North Carolina

North Carolina Colleges Collaborate on Science of Reading Training

Rupen Fofaria
North Carolina

Report Shows Challenges of Being Superintendent in a ‘Politicized Education Space’

Hannah McClellan
budget

North Carolina Democrats say Budget Impasse Harms Teachers, Students

Greg Childress
Opinion

National Charter Schools Founders Library Preserves the Past, Shapes the Future

Ember Reichgott Junge
North Carolina

Community College Funds are Needed to Help North Carolina Students with Child Care Costs

Liz Bell
North Carolina

In Wilkes County, North Carolina, Child Care Is ‘a Community Problem’

Liz Bell
commentary

Superintendent’s View: Our Communities Can Only Be as Strong as Our Public Schools

Whitney Oakley
child care

Governors Ask Congress for Federal Child Care Funds as Pandemic Relief Dries Up

Liz Bell
North Carolina

North Carolina Is Providing Free Meals to Millions of Kids This Summer

Chantal Brown
North Carolina

North Carolina Lawmakers Recognize School Setting Newcomer Kids Up for Success

Rupen Fofaria
Supreme Court

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo
North Carolina

The Hunt Institute Names Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan as Board Chair

Hannah McClellan
school safety

Red States Arm Teachers, Fortify Buildings in Another Year of School Shootings

Matt Vasilogambros & Madyson Fitzgerald
North Carolina

A 10-Year-Old Idea For Teaching Kids to Read at Churches Appears to Be Working

Rupen Fofaria
North Carolina

The ‘Feeling Friends’ are Helping Students Learn to Talk About Their Emotions

Katie Dukes
teacher turnover

How Teacher Turnover Could Hinder Classrooms in Implementing Science of Reading

Rupen Fofaria
North Carolina

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for Public Education

Greg Childress
science of reading

As Reading Instruction Shifts, Absenteeism and Tardies Can Lead to Poor Outcomes

Rupen Fofaria
North Carolina

Survey Finds 9 in 10 N.C. Voters Want More State Investment in Child Care

Katie Dukes
charter schools

Choice Supporters to Catholic Charter School Backers: ‘Proceed with Caution’

Greg Toppo
mental health

North Carolina Gets ‘F’ Grade for Children’s Mental Health in New Report

Hutch Whitman
North Carolina

Bill Expanding N.C. Private School Vouchers to All Kids Moves Forward in Senate

Hannah McClellan
North Carolina

Child Care Advocates Warn of System Collapse at NC Legislative Advocacy Day

Liz Bell
North Carolina

The ‘Transformation is Real’ as Science of Reading Takes Hold in N.C. Schools

Rupen Fofaria
college enrollment

Community Colleges Focus on Trying to Increase Enrollment, Which Largely Determines Funding

Hannah McClellan
North Carolina

North Carolina’s Healthy Social Behaviors Project Launches Statewide Helpline

Katie Dukes
North Carolina

These Rural NC Districts are Tackling the Teacher Shortage in an Innovative Way

Cheyenne McNeill
school lunch

North Carolina Schools Report Nearly $3 Million in School Meal Debt

Alex Granados
North Carolina

Whole Child NC Committee Plans to Make Recommendations to State Board in June

Rupen Fofaria
STEM

16 Under 16: Where Are The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers Now?

Emmeline Zhao
mental health

North Carolina Governor Directs Federal Money to College Mental Health Supports

Liz Bell
education

NC Task Force Targeting Hiring & Support of Teachers of Color Set to Tour State

Derick Lee
North Carolina

Lessons Learned on the Road From North Carolina’s Cooperative Innovative High Schools

Alessandra Quattrocchi
Analysis

Case Studies: How Managing School Talent, Staffing Can Improve Student Outcomes

Eric Thomas
education

North Carolina Senate Passes Parents’ Bill of Rights

Alex Granados
child care

Experts Make the Urgent Case: ‘Child Care is a Public Good’

Liz Bell & Katie Dukes
National School Choice Week

How One HS Offers Alumni Career Coaches — and Teaches Grads to Embrace Ambition

Kelby Hicks
North Carolina

North Carolina Set to Revise ‘Operation Polaris’ Education Recovery Plan

Alex Granados
school meals

Big Ideas to Help Students Access School Meals: Inside NC's Experimental Grants

Analisa Sorrells
North Carolina

Teacher Licensure and Pay Reform Pilots Could Be Coming to North Carolina Soon

Alex Granados
literacy

Science of Reading: In NC, a Race to Get More Students Reading on Grade Level

Alex Granados
student enrollment

Schools That Lost Students During Pandemic Haven’t Recovered Enrollment

Alex Granados & Katie Dukes
school finance

NC’s Top Court Compels State to Turn Over $800 Million in School Funding Case

Linda Jacobson
North Carolina

NC Task Force on Child Fatality Requests Legislative Funds for Gun Safety Effort

Liz Bell
STEM

More Women in STEM: Inside a State’s Strategy to Better Diversify Its Workforce

Alex Granados
Early Childhood

We Know Suspensions & Expulsions are Bad for Preschoolers. What Are Some Alternatives?

Katie Dukes
health education

16 Under 16 in STEM: A Teen Inventor Aims to Get More Girls Into STEM Careers

The 74
homeschool

New Homeschooling Data Shows Decrease in Enrollment From Pandemic Surge

Dean Drescher
community college

Feds Give NC $4 Million to Grow Workforce Program That’s Doubled Apprenticeships

Hannah McClellan
2022 School Staffing

Want To Become a Teacher? You Could Land a $25K Signing Bonus

Asher Lehrer-Small
The Big Picture

‘Low-Hanging Fruit’: Thousands of Same-Race Schools Within Miles of Each Other

Asher Lehrer-Small
4th Circuit Court of Appeals

Attorneys Consider Asking SCOTUS to Weigh in on Public Status of Charter Schools

Linda Jacobson
community colleges

Community Colleges Across NC Are Collaborating to Build Up Regional Workforce

Hannah McClellan
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

Educator. Mentor. Translator. How One Man Aided Immigrant Families Through COVID

Kevin Mahnken
North Carolina

The Quality of Early Learning Matters. How Should We Measure It?

Liz Bell
North Carolina

Farm to Tray: How Students in a NC County are Growing Food for School Lunches

Analisa Sorrells
food insecurity

Why Universal School Meals Expiring Would Be ‘Devastating’ For This District

Analisa Sorrells
North Carolina

From D.C. to the Cafeteria: A School Meals Primer

Analisa Sorrells
North Carolina

Districts Leaving Money on the Table for TA to Teachers Program

Alex Granados
North Carolina

Restorative Justice Solutions for Youth Are Growing Abroad, Can They Become Part of the Mix in the U.S.

Elizabeth Thompson
North Carolina

School Meal Crisis Ahead: Will Congress Let Lunch & Breakfast Waiver Expire?

Analisa Sorrells
North Carolina

The Hunt Institute Convenes Legislators to Talk Education Policy

Mebane Rash
North Carolina

How a Rural Tribe Uses STEM to Support Traditional Practices

Cheyenne McNeill
medicaid

Using Medicaid to Fund More Mental Health Supports for Schools

Rupen Fofaria
Pandemic

When Can Schools Drop Mask Rules, Anyway? Inside One State's Debate

Anna Pogarcic
accountability

Why One State's School Leader Is Calling for a New Focus on 'Careers For All'

Elizabeth Ouzts
North Carolina

North Carolina Saw Dramatic Drop in School Suspensions Last School Year

Alex Granados
community college

Community Colleges Face Mounting Mental Health Challenges

Alli Lindenberg
Pandemic

COVID Chaos Leaves Districts With Bus Driver Shortage

Alex Granados
North Carolina

Going Beyond Classwork to Support the Whole Student: How One School Is Doing It

Caroline Parker
apprenticeships

'Work-Based' Learning: One State's Plan to Give Students Real-World Experience

Anna Pogarcic
community college

N.C. Community College Effort to Recruit Adult Learners is Expanding

Emily Thomas
Charter Day School

In Dress Code Case, 4th Circuit Could Decide Public Status of Charter Schools

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Lessons in Leadership Amid the Pandemic: How One College Has Weathered 15 Months

Nation Hahn
North Carolina

One School, Many Principals: How This Rural District is Coping with Shortages

Anna Pogarcic
North Carolina

Inside Judge's $1.7 Billion Order to Fund Quality Education for Every NC Student

Alex Granados
Connecticut

Highly Watched Pa. School Funding Equity Suit Heads to Trial

Mark Keierleber
K-12 education

New Hearing in Epic 27-Year Court Fight Over Funding of North Carolina Schools

Alex Granados
Pandemic

More Districts Scrap Mask Mandates, Embrace Test-to-Stay Measures

Asher Lehrer-Small
arrests

Campus Cops Reduce Violence — But at a Steep Cost, Especially for Black Students

Mark Keierleber
adult learners

A Key to the Future of Community Colleges — and Our Economy: Adult Learners

Emily Thomas
Pandemic

Districts Across the U.S. Offering Big Incentives to Subs, Special Ed Teachers

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

From Tutors to ‘Competency-Based’ Tests: States Prioritize School Relief Funds

Anna Pogarcic
critical race theory

97% of NC Survey Respondents Never Taught About State’s Eugenics Past

Asher Lehrer-Small
1619 Project

Genocide ‘In My Own Backyard’: NC Classrooms Ignored State Eugenics History

Asher Lehrer-Small
1619 Project

UNC Emails: ‘Who Are You Going to Believe: Abe Lincoln or Nikole Hannah-Jones?'

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Pandemic Spurs Huge Homeschooling Boom — But Will it Last?

Alex Granados
early education

NC Early Education Advocates Are Taking Funding Requests to Legislators’ Offices

Liz Bell
Pandemic

How a Reading App Could Help Students Confront COVID Learning Loss This Summer

Rupen Fofaria
Pandemic

After a Record Year in 2019, Apprenticeships Collapsed Amid the Pandemic in 2020

Emily Thomas
CCSSO

Top Teacher Finalists Describe Leading During ‘Worst Year Ever’

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

5 Key Updates On Students Returning to Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
The Big Picture

Study: Income Segregation Increasing in Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

School Choice Proponent Truitt Wins Top North Carolina Schools Post, Vows Local Control in Pandemic Response

Mark Keierleber
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