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?
by Molly Osborne |
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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’
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Northeast NC Career Pathways: A regional partnership connecting students to careers
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College Lift: A nonprofit and community college join forces to improve social mobility in their backyard
by Molly Osborne, Alli Lindenberg and Robert Kinlaw |

State Board of Community Colleges allocates $15 million in tuition aid for students
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Resource | Tracking NC community college fall reopening plans
by Emily Thomas and Molly Osborne |

NC community colleges offer ‘impartial policing’ training for law enforcement
by Molly Osborne |

North Carolina district responses to COVID-19: An updated database from EdNC and Public Impact
by Molly Osborne, Jessica Struhs, Troy Smith and Beth Clifford |

Senate lawmakers advance enrollment growth funding for community colleges
by Alex Granados and Molly Osborne |