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Family Forward NC® Summit celebrates family-friendly business practices, highlights need for child care support

by Katie Dukes | March 30, 2026

More than 100 business leaders from across the state came together in High Point on Wednesday to recognize the family-friendly policies they’ve already adopted, and learn more ways they can support working families.  The event was organized by Family Forward...

Research | 2-3X schoolwide high-growth learning nationally, high growth by teaching teams with Opportunity Culture® staffing design

by Sharon Barrett | March 30, 2026

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — New national data shows that schools using updated Opportunity Culture® staffing design standards achieved, on average, two to three times the rate of schoolwide high-growth learning of other schools in the same states in 2024-25. These...

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