1/7/2026
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Perspective | North Carolina should expand the focus on child care to address broader challenges facing North Carolina families
Gov. Josh Stein’s bipartisan Task Force on Child Care and Early Education, announced in March, is a significant step toward prioritizing the needs of North Carolina families, particularly in addressing the high costs of child care. But that’s not the...
Perquimans High School’s Michaelle Overman is North Carolina’s 2026 CTE Teacher of the Year
Michaelle Overman, a health science teacher at Perquimans High School, is the 2026 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teacher of the Year, according to a press release from the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of...
Meet the innovator who launched the Charlotte area’s first trade high school
In 2023, following years of planning, Jennifer Nichols helped launch Aspire Trade High School in Huntersville. A public charter school, Aspire is also the first trade high school in the Charlotte area. The school was founded by the Aspire Carolinas Foundation, which also established The Halton...
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The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.
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