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Awards dinner celebrates community college excellence across North Carolina
On April 17, 230 business, education, and government stakeholders gathered to celebrate this year’s North Carolina community college award winners. The annual awards recognize community college excellence among students, staff, faculty, presidents, and workforce development partners.…
HBCU Smart Cities Challenge: Tech solutions for real world problems
In some homes, when the alarm clock sounds off at 6:30 a.m., it triggers another device that can cause the curtains to open automatically, allowing the sun’s rays to stretch inside of the room.…
Public School Forum of North Carolina releases 2024 Education Policy Primer
The Public School Forum of North Carolina has released its 2024 North Carolina Education Policy Primer, which serves as a nonpartisan, fact-based guide to public education in North Carolina.…
Perspective | When it comes to charter schools, slow and steady wins the race
North Carolina’s charter school movement is at a crossroads. The recent passage of House Bill 618 gave the newly constituted Charter School Review Board (CSRB), the state’s only charter school “authorizer,” the authority to create new schools without the approval of the State Board of Education — a move that could lead to even more new schools in the years to come.…
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With $1 billion budget surplus, NC lawmakers return to Raleigh for 2024 session
"State worker raises, Medicaid, child care, private school vouchers and more could be part of the 2024 budget debate as the short session kicks off April 24."<br /> ... Read the rest
