Molly Osborne is the director of policy for EducationNC and the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research.
Molly grew up in Essex, Massachusetts and attended the local public elementary, middle, and high school. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and global development.
After graduating from college, Molly joined Teach for America and taught 5th and 6th grade English Language Arts in Algiers, a neighborhood in New Orleans. In her third year of teaching, she designed and implemented a blended learning pilot program at her school.
Molly received a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2017. During the summer between her two years of graduate school, she interned for EducationNC and researched home schooling in North Carolina.
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Exploring chronic absence from the ground up in Edgecombe County
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What percentage of North Carolina’s Education Lottery money goes to education?
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While challenges remain, corequisite remediation shows early signs of success
by Molly Osborne and Emily Thomas |

Getting more students to and through college — the story of developmental education reform in North Carolina
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Getting more students to and through college — the story of developmental education reform in North Carolina
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Driven by its coastal location, Carteret Community College seeks to become a hub for the community
by Molly Osborne |

Surviving the storm: Pam Eddinger speaks to the role of community colleges in pandemic recovery
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Tracking fall reopening plans for all North Carolina districts: New database from EdNC and Public Impact
by Beth Clifford, David Gilmore, Cole Smith, Preston Faulk and Molly Osborne |

A gap in the field — Carolina Cyber Network launches to help build talent pipeline for an increasingly in-demand industry
by Alli Lindenberg, Robert Kinlaw and Molly Osborne |

Faced with 20% teacher turnover, this district decided to ‘grow their own’
by Molly Osborne |