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House education reform committee talks pandemic recovery, student connectivity

by Hannah Vinueza McClellan | January 30, 2024

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presented new data this week on COVID-19 learning recovery during a House committee meeting on education reform — with data showing gains in nearly every grade and subject from last year. The presentation was...

N.C. DPI needs sponsors to help provide summer meals

by Mebane Rash | January 30, 2024

The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is looking for schools and community organizations to serve as sponsors for summer nutrition programs this year “to help ensure children who have limited access to food at home get the educational enrichment...

Perspective | Healing beats: Harmonizing mental health, hip-hop, and STEAM education for transformative wellness

by Valencia Hicks-Harris | January 30, 2024

Our movement sits at an intersection that might seem improbable: mental health advocacy, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) education, and hip-hop culture. My name is Valencia Hicks-Harris, and I’m the executive director of Empower All Inc, a nonprofit...

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The Editor’s Notes

The N.C. State Board of Education meets this week. Here is the agenda for today, and here is the agenda for tomorrow.

Approximately 130 NCCF scholarships using the NCCF Universal Scholarships Application opened for 2024 applications on Jan. 16 and will close on March 15. Here is how to apply.

FAFSA update: The U.S. Department of Education issued this press release yesterday, the day colleges and universities expected to start receiving student information. The upshot is that’s now delayed until March.

Need to know

• Dire news from two separate studies on absenteeism require a 'hard pivot,' researchers say — and some lawmakers are starting to listen.

  The 74 | January 31, 2024

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