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N.C. puts big money on graduating more community college students in high-wage fields

by Colleen Connolly | April 11, 2025

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Work Shift. Several months ago, leaders at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina, looked at their data on college completion rates and noticed that students in their career technical education programs were not finishing.…

Here are the child care bills proposed for the 2025 legislative session

by Liz Bell | April 11, 2025

Legislators have filed several bills this session that would shape children’s early learning experiences, including more than 30 bills aimed at expanding child care and making that care more affordable for families.…

Pitt County’s Rachel Candaso named North Carolina’s 2025 Teacher of the Year

by Hannah Vinueza McClellan | April 11, 2025

Rachel Candaso, a Pitt County Schools middle school teacher and AVID coordinator, was named the 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year at a ceremony in Cary on Friday.…

Perspective | At the crossroads of education and workforce

by Jill Cox | April 14, 2025

The workforce of tomorrow is sitting in our classrooms today. Yet for many students, the connection between their education and a future career seems hazy. …

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The Editor’s Notes

The N.C. Senate budget is expected today.

The Public School Forum of North Carolina is seeking high school student artists to create original artwork celebrating their 40th anniversary. This is a paid opportunity for students to contribute their voices to materials that will be shared across the state both digitally and in print throughout 2025-26.

Need to know

• Education Department’s DEI order postponed as case pends

  K-12 DIVE | April 9, 2025

• $8.3 million federal grant will expand NC charter schools. Here’s where.

  The News & Observer | April 10, 2025

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