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Ask & Answer | Why aren’t teachers seeing state-funded supplements in their paycheck?

by Alex Granados | April 25, 2022

A reader asked EdNC about state-funded supplements for teachers. They said that a chart published by EdNC showed that teachers in their district would receive a certain supplement from the state, but their district payroll department said the actual number would be less.…

Why universal school meals expiring would be ‘devastating’ for this school district

by Analisa Sorrells Archer | April 25, 2022

Kim Cullipher became the school nutrition director for Perquimans County Schools one week before the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools in March 2020.…

Perspective | Virtual Schools Network: A collaboration between the Friday Institute & NCVirtual

by Blake Wiggs and Lashaundon Perkins | April 25, 2022

Over the past several years, districts throughout North Carolina have opened virtual schools to provide educational options for students and their families.…

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The Editor’s Notes

The House Select Committee on an Education System for North Carolina’s Future held a meeting last night in Morehead City. Colin Campbell with the NC Tribune reminds us this morning there is a May 1 deadline for an interim report to the House. Campbell reports that the chairman, Rep. John Torbett, R-Gaston, said changes to teacher compensation, end-of-grade testing, and discipline policies are being considered. Check out the NC Tribune here.

Need to know

• ANN DOSS HELMS REPORTS | A bipartisan panel calls for changes in North Carolina's public education system

  WFAE | April 25, 2022

• Hunt-Lee Commission outlines 'consensus opportunities' to improve NC education from age 0 to college

  WRAL | April 25, 2022

• Blue-ribbon panel makes NC education recommendations

  AP | April 25, 2022

• Hunt-Lee Commission Press Release

  The Hunt Institute | April 25, 2022

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