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Perspective | A healthier wish for my academic goals this year

by Michelle Marshall | January 3, 2022

Growing up, wishes never held much value to me. But now that I am facing more stress than ever between school, work, and family affairs, I find that my biggest wish for 2022 is a more positive relationship with my...

Perspective | New Year’s resolutions from a soon-to-be college graduate

by Alessandra Quattrocchi | January 3, 2022

2022 has barely even begun, and I am already clinging on to hope it never ends. This year marks my last semester of college and, with that, the last time I will be able to call myself a student. After...

What will community college enrollment look like in the future? Plus, a new president for Wayne Community College

by Emily Thomas | December 17, 2021

Members of the State Board of Community Colleges met for the last time in 2021 on Dec. 16-17. It was a full two days of tying up loose ends, reflecting on the past year, and thinking about the year ahead....

The Editor’s Notes

A moment of hope calling for “faith in our teachers” from a student.

And here is our resolution for the New Year, from an assistant principal, it’s about keeping students “at the center.”

The N.C. State Board of Education meets this week. Here is the agenda for Wednesday. Here is the agenda for Thursday.

The Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit was updated on December 30. Here you go.

Also over break, the CDC updated test to stay guidance. Here it is.

Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom has a weekly newsletter with the New York Times on Fridays. Here is more information.

Governor Jeb Bush and Janet Napolitano are speaking at Charlotte, formerly known as UNC Charlotte or UNCC, on January 13 about the future of higher education.

Need to know

• NC politicians make big deals in ’21

  AP | December 29, 2021

• The Canopy Project | Tracking How 232 Innovative Schools Are Challenging 5 Big Assumptions About American Education

  The 74 | January 3, 2022