1/9/2025
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NC General Assembly convenes to begin 2025 long session
The North Carolina General Assembly convened Wednesday for the first time in 2025, marking the beginning of the long legislative session, which takes place during the first year of the biennium. Members are tasked with passing legislation including a new...
‘Educational excellence’ is goal of $25 million Golden LEAF grant for rural middle schools, Superintendent Green says
The state will select 20 middle schools this summer across rural North Carolina to participate in a five-year Golden LEAF Schools Initiative, a project announced Wednesday by Superintendent Mo Green at the first State Board of Education meeting of his...
For counties in western NC, the loss of this federal funding will matter
On Jan. 3, 2025, Mark Lieberman, a reporter with Education Week, reported that the U.S. House failed to take up the Secure Rural Schools Act in December 2024 before Congress adjourned. According to Lieberman, “For most of the last 25...
Superintendent Mo Green and the State Board of Education attend student performance about Helene
After State Superintendent Mo Green’s first meeting of the N.C. State Board of Education on Jan. 8, 2025, he and the board attended a performance of “Surge,” hosted by Arts NC State. “Surge” is an original theatre production by the...
Perspective | Senator Berger’s 2025 opening day remarks: ‘Without a doubt, education continues to be the key that unlocks the door to a brighter future’
Fourteen years ago, I stood here, and we began a journey that fundamentally transformed our state government and our state. At that time, we faced staggering challenges that were the consequences of decisions made over the previous decades. It was...
Perspective | Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt presents vision for North Carolina on opening day of legislature
As the new president of this dignified and honorable chamber, I would like to say a few words about my vision for our state and what brings us all together here today. North Carolina is the greatest state in the...
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.
Thank you to Rupen Fofaria, Superintendent Green, and the State Board of Education for showing up for our WNC students after what I know was already a long day and a big day with the announcement of the Golden LEAF grant. If you haven’t seen the award-winning play, “Surge,” about the impact of Hurricane Helene on our students, you can see it here.
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