The North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is requesting nearly $100 million from the General Assembly this long session to implement Propel NC – a new model for funding the state’s 58 community colleges that focuses on modernizing and stabilizing their funding. …
At the first meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges in 2025, five new board members were sworn in, including three officials who were elected in November.…
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) — a nonprofit interstate compact that works to improve public education — announced a new initiative to train school counselors to provide sustained emotional and mental health support for students, teachers, and communities impacted by tragedy.…
There is likely not a parent or employer in North Carolina who has not been directly impacted by the “child care trilemma,” a term coined by the late great Gwen Morgan in 1986 to describe the lack of available, affordable, quality child care.…
The Editor’s Notes
We are at the Public School Forum of NC’s Eggs and Issues this morning. Stay tuned.
Haywood County Schools cafeterias posted a loss of $700,000 last year. And school closures from winter weather and Helene during the fall isn't helping matters this year.<br />
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