Who’s who in North Carolina’s early care and learning landscape?
There’s been significant turnover in leadership across North Carolina’s early care and learning landscape since the last long session of the General Assembly in 2023.…
FAFSA February is here with resources to help students and families pay for college
Many in the higher education community designate February as Financial Aid Awareness Month to provide crucial information to students and families about student financial aid.…
Gov. Josh Stein visits public school to learn more about school meals, STEM, and share his education priorities
On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Gov. Josh Stein was welcomed back to Eastern Elementary School in Greenville by student leaders and a green smoothie.…
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics students pitch their legislators
“Why am I here?” Keegan Storrs said that he tries to keep that question at the forefront when designing educational experiences for his students.…
McDowell Tech opens workforce center in Old Fort months after Helene
“Old Fort is a college town,” said McDowell Technical Community College President Dr. J.W. Kelley during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the college’s recently completed Workforce Education Center.…
In addition to our profile on public school choice which published today, there are a few things we didn’t get to during National School Choice week given the high volume of news last week. In January, ProPublica released this private school database. ExcelinEd launched schoolchoicematters.org. And this article from Education Week highlights superintendents talking about choice in public schools. Annually Harvard hosts a conference on school choice. This year it is May 8-9, and the focus is “School Choice: Tradeoffs and Evidence-based Policy Making.
Back here in North Carolina, the House convenes at 11 a.m. and the Senate convenes at 2 p.m.
Governor Josh Stein will announce his proposed budget to fund Helene recovery and rebuilding in western North Carolina at 11 a.m.
The N.C. State Board of Education meets this week. Here is the agenda for Wednesday. Here is the agenda for Thursday.
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