1/1/2025

New from EdNC

Moving Forward: Issues that matter in cities, regions, and states

by Mebane Rash | January 1, 2025

In January 2024, a group of leaders from around the country gathered in Birmingham, Alabama. Together, we imagined putting together an anthology of independent public policy research that could shape the moving forward after the elections in November regardless of...

An innovator in dropout prevention, Central Wake High School invites collaboration

by Kristen Blair | January 1, 2025

When Tzara Albiter Acosta, 18, first arrived at Central Wake High School in Raleigh, her self-confidence was at a low ebb. “I thought, ‘This is just going to be another school,’” she said of the public charter school, which specializes in dropout...

Which NC teacher won ‘the Oscar of Teaching’?

by Mebane Rash | January 1, 2025

CMS educator wins national Milken Educator Award Just after Vanessa Smith, a first grade teacher at Croft Community School in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), was named a national Milken Educator Award winner in December before the holidays, she said, “I definitely...

The Editor’s Notes

Welcome to 2025. We are ever thankful that you choose to spend time with us here at EdNC.

We’ve been working on a collection of articles about the moving forward, which we will continue to publish throughout January. To date, you can find all of the articles here.

Many of you remember Robert Kinlaw, the amazing videographer who was on our team and now has his own production firm. Today, we are sharing a new series by Robert, but to be clear, this is all Robert — EdNC does not have editorial control or any relationship to the content. His first interviews include former Superintendent Catherine Truitt, NC Beginning TOY Abby Bentley on the hurricane, and James E. Ford. The series is called, “Rob Records Reality” so listen in and hang on.

Mo Green is being sworn in today at 10am. Stay tuned, and Happy New Year!

Need to know

• Listen | Interview with Catherine Truitt

  Rob Records Reality | December 17, 2024

• Listen | Interview with Abby Bentley, NC's Beginning TOY, on the hurricane

  Rob Records Reality | December 10, 2024

• Listen | Interview with James E. Ford

  Rob Records Reality | December 3, 2024