
Funds requested for safe sleep education to reduce infant deaths
North Carolina had the 13th-highest infant mortality rate in the country in 2019, at 6.8 deaths in the first year of life per 1,000 births.…

Emerging Issues Forum tracks progress toward North Carolina’s education attainment goal
North Carolina has an ambitious goal for educational attainment — to have 2 million people ages 25 to 44 with a meaningful, high-quality credential beyond high school by 2030. …

New DHHS guidance changes COVID-19 recommendations for schools
Update Feb. 11, 2022, 1:25 p.m.: In a press release today, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said that as soon as lawmakers are done with redistricting, “we will be advancing legislation in the House to give parents the ability to opt-out of mask requirement.”…

NC STEM Center e-Update: SMT Center kicks off 2022 with new website
Twice a month the NC STEM Center provides an e-update on what’s happening in STEM, and their latest edition is now available.…

Perspective | Books and bugs – and public schools at risk
Much like the noisy emergence of 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas, an outbreak of calls to suppress books, to ban speakers, and to sanitize teaching in public schools goes in cycles.…
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