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Elizabeth City charter school joins network to ‘shape the future of high school education’

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | August 5, 2025

Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies will be one of 24 school systems participating in the Future of High School Network, an initiative created by the Carnegie Foundation.

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NCDHHS, First Lady Anna Stein launch campaign to end substance use disorder stigma

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | August 4, 2025

A decade of transition for NC’s community college system: Who will next lead?

by Mebane Rash | August 2, 2025

Pell Grants will cover short-term workforce training programs

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | August 1, 2025

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Lessons from the military for solving North Carolina’s child care crisis

by Katie Dukes | August 4, 2025

A classroom staffing model is improving outcomes for teachers and students

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | July 31, 2025

Charter enrollment grows — but shifts amid challenges, competition. A look at state and national trends

by Kristen Blair | July 29, 2025

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A student speaking at the 2025 Financial Aid Summit. Alli Lindenberg/EdNC

Perspectives on DEI

Perspective

Perspective | Ensuring equality and excellence in education

by Michael Lee | July 17, 2025

Perspective

Perspective | In a post-DEI world, effective practice is still effective practice. Period.

by Earnest Winston | July 17, 2025

Perspective

Perspective | If anti-DEI legislation becomes law, nuanced curricula about complicated histories will be needed

by Xavier Adams | July 17, 2025

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Elizabeth City charter school joins network to ‘shape the future of high school education’

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | August 5, 2025

NCDHHS, First Lady Anna Stein launch campaign to end substance use disorder stigma

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | August 4, 2025

A decade of transition for NC’s community college system: Who will next lead?

by Mebane Rash | August 2, 2025

Pell Grants will cover short-term workforce training programs

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | August 1, 2025

State legislature aims to enroll NC in new federal school choice program

by Ben Humphries and Hannah Vinueza McClellan | July 31, 2025

General Assembly passes mini-budget with funds for salary step increases, enrollment growth

by Ben Humphries | July 30, 2025

Public school market share holds steady

by Ben Humphries | July 29, 2025

App State’s GEAR UP staff at the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships/GEAR UP Annual Conference in San Francisco.

App State’s Corinne Smith named 2025 GEAR UP Professional Leader of the Year

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | July 29, 2025

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Report | LGBTQ+ rural teens find more support online than in their communities

by Liz Carey | August 5, 2025

Lessons from the military for solving North Carolina’s child care crisis

by Katie Dukes | August 4, 2025

A classroom staffing model is improving outcomes for teachers and students

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | July 31, 2025

Charter enrollment grows — but shifts amid challenges, competition. A look at state and national trends

by Kristen Blair | July 29, 2025

For students with disabilities, suspension not just a matter of race and gender — but geography

by Amanda Geduld | July 29, 2025

The Leon Levine Foundation expands to $2 billion

by Mebane Rash | July 24, 2025

Support WNC: EdNC’s own ‘unforgettable’

by Mebane Rash | July 22, 2025

How church-based literacy camps are filling a gap in summer learning for rural students statewide

by Kristen Richardson-Frick, Mebane Rash and Hannah Vinueza McClellan | July 21, 2025

Perspectives

NC Early Childhood Foundation

Brief | Lower and upper elementary — Attending to both sides of the reading rope

by NC Early Childhood Foundation | August 5, 2025

Leadership & Governance

Perspective | Practical lessons for leaders in crisis

by Janet Spriggs and Paula Dibley | August 4, 2025

Literacy

Brief | Science of reading and the paraprofessionals in the classroom

by NC Early Childhood Foundation | August 4, 2025

NC Early Childhood Foundation

Brief | Lessons from the classroom on implementing science of reading

by NC Early Childhood Foundation | August 4, 2025

K-12

Perspective | Ensuring equality and excellence in education

by Michael Lee | July 17, 2025

K-12

Perspective | In a post-DEI world, effective practice is still effective practice. Period.

by Earnest Winston | July 17, 2025