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by Mebane Rash | January 27, 2026

Funds may be used to provide scholarships for education-related services at private or public schools, including tuition, fees, academic tutoring, and classroom supplies, according to the fact sheet.

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2026 NC Teacher of the Year finalists announced

by Mebane Rash | January 27, 2026

Community college faculty share strategies to meet adult learners where they are

by Sophia Luna | January 27, 2026

Fact sheet on federal education tax credit released, 23 states have opted in so far

by Mebane Rash | January 27, 2026

Learn how NC Reconnect is reenrolling adult learners in community colleges

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | January 26, 2026

New research on public school choice this National School Choice Week

by Mebane Rash | January 26, 2026

Winter weather updates for NC: School district and community college closures

by Tom Sorrells, Analisa Sorrells Archer and Ben Humphries | January 22, 2026

$4 million pre-K investment in Forsyth County pays off, report says

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | January 22, 2026

NC to receive $213 million in federal funding to transform the state’s rural health care system

by Sophia Luna | January 22, 2026

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North Carolina has record net loss of licensed child care programs since mid-2023

by Katie Dukes | January 27, 2026

Why the state’s biggest public school system turned to a small, rural charter school for training

by Pat Ryan | January 27, 2026

Against the odds: How Emerald School of Excellence became North Carolina’s recovery school gem

by Deanna Ballard | January 26, 2026

A look at NERSBA: The state’s only regional early college

by Caroline Parker | January 26, 2026

Playbook | Early childhood program equitable workforce solutions

by Katie Dowdle and Rhonda Steele | January 26, 2026

EdNC’s Hurricane Helene Playbook: Lessons learned from community colleges

by Emily Thomas | January 22, 2026

New documentary offers a look at how the community school model can support transformative growth

by Alli Lindenberg | January 21, 2026

8 takeaways from the first year of this Trump administration

by Mebane Rash | January 20, 2026

Perspectives

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Perspective | Showing up with care: Community, safety, and belonging in 2026

by Latinx Ed | January 26, 2026

School Choice

Perspective | A NC student on choice and the the federal scholarship tax credit

by Amoree Brown | January 26, 2026

K-12

Perspective | The unstoppable power of public schools

by Patrice Faison | January 26, 2026

K-12

Perspective | Scaling success: How the Sandhills is transforming education through community schools

by Kelly Batts and Ron Hargrave | January 22, 2026

Literacy

Perspective | Reading today, leading tomorrow: Guilford County’s literacy-to-career pipeline

by Whitney Oakley | January 21, 2026

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K-12

Perspective | Reframing ‘learning loss’ to reveal the true value of teachers

by Seth Ashburn | January 19, 2026