1/23/2023
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Experts make the urgent case: ‘Child care is a public good’
January 2024 update: Child care programs face a financial cliff this summer that researchers predict will lead to the closure of more than 30% of the state’s licensed programs. The state budget did not include state funds requested by the...
Perspective | What North Carolina’s Regional Teachers of the Year want you to know
The following is Mary Ann Wolf’s “Final Word” from the January 14, 2023 episode of Education Matters: “A Discussion with NC Regional Teachers of the Year.” For this Final Word our 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teachers of the...
It’s National School Choice Week. Here’s where N.C. students choose to go
This week is National School Choice Week. It’s held every January, and its purpose is to highlight all the options parents and students have for attending K-12 schools, including traditional public, public magnet, public charter, online, private, and home-schools. In 2022,...
The Editor’s Notes
Mebane Rash has been tweeting from The Hunt Institute’s Holshouser Legislators Retreat this past weekend and will continue to do so today. Follow along here.
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India’s Public Education App Exposed Millions of Students’ Data
A SECURITY LAPSE in an app operated by India’s Education Ministry exposed the personally identifying information of millions of students and teachers for over a year. Read the rest
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After 30 years of special education funding limits, NC parents want change
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“‘Good’ is not good enough.” UNC Board of Governors sharpens focus on literacy instruction
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Students want new books. Thanks to restrictions, librarians can’t buy them.
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When students change gender identity, and parents don't know
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