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A look at how North Carolina is using a historic $835 million investment to improve behavioral health services

by Sophia Luna | February 26, 2026

In 2023, the N.C. legislature directed $835 million toward transforming the state’s behavioral health system. An update from late 2025 sheds light on the programs the unprecedented investment has supported so far.

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by Chantal Brown | February 25, 2026

Andrea Freile to lead LatinxEd after national search

by Mebane Rash | February 25, 2026

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DPI receives $11 million in federal funding for school mental health services

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | February 26, 2026

A look at how North Carolina is using a historic $835 million investment to improve behavioral health services

by Sophia Luna | February 26, 2026

people posing in a group in front of a Guilford County Schools backdrop.

Gov. Stein and Superintendent Green celebrate ‘Public Schools Week’ in North Carolina

by Chantal Brown | February 25, 2026

Andrea Freile to lead LatinxEd after national search

by Mebane Rash | February 25, 2026

Meet North Carolina’s 2026 Regional Principals of the Year

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | February 24, 2026

State task force visits child care center at Davidson-Davie Community College: ‘We need to duplicate that on every campus’

by Liz Bell | February 23, 2026

man standing at the end of long boardroom table

Amid presidential search, community college system ramps up legislative and fundraising efforts

by Analisa Sorrells Archer and Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | February 23, 2026

The superintendent who put students first: Mourning the loss of Mark Byrd

by Mebane Rash | February 23, 2026

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by Sophia Luna | February 24, 2026

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by Katie Dukes | February 23, 2026

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by Deanna Ballard and Turner Zsambeky | February 18, 2026

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by Deanna Ballard | February 17, 2026

From plan to practice: How Nash County Schools is aligning time, materials, and people to strengthen early literacy

by Amy Rhyne | February 16, 2026

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Perspective | A superintendent asks for respect

by Anthony Lewis | February 27, 2026

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Perspective | 100 years in: Why Black history demands collective vision

by Deanna Townsend-Smith | February 26, 2026

Community Colleges

Perspective | Energizing the skilled trades pipeline through public-private partnerships

by Laura Leatherwood | February 25, 2026

Literacy

Perspective | How improvement science transformed my students’ reading and writing

by April Ferguson and Eliz Colbert | February 24, 2026

Budget

Perspective | A fiscal storm is about to hit North Carolina

by John Hood | February 23, 2026

Community Colleges

Perspective | The diploma trap, and why The Leon Levine Foundation has issued an RFP

by Russ Altenburg | February 17, 2026