10/13/2026
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How can North Carolina schools develop the future of the aviation industry?
The Office of Rural Promise at Appalachian State University’s new network of school districts with budding aviation programs seeks to capitalize on shared resources and partnership opportunities beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The Advancing Aviation Education and Rural Opportunities...
The power of civic muscle: In rural western NC, your neighbors are the heavyweights
Katie Owens got up in front of a room full of hospital administrators, state health officials, and nonprofit directors on Oct. 1 and talked about her dad. Owens is a student at Brevard High School. Her dad’s story is a...
Every child, every community: Building a life with books
What if a child’s journey as a reader began not on the first day of kindergarten, but at birth, and the adults, organizations, schools, and communities surrounding that child shared responsibility for keeping books, language, and literacy within reach along...
Perspective | NCCAT celebrates expansion and renovation project
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in April, celebrating its Cullowhee Campus expansion and renovation project. Sen. Kevin Corbin, R-Cherokee, was in attendance, along with members of NCCAT’s Board of Trustees and...
The Editor’s Notes
This week is National School Lunch Week. Post a school meal photo or shout-out to your nutrition team. Tag @Schoolmealsforallnc and use #NSLW26, #CafeteriaCircus, and #SchoolLunch.
Registration is open for the 2027 NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference.
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Some charter schools want NC to rerun test results. Why the state is saying no.
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CCAMPIS Changes Put Politics Ahead of Student Parents
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Scaling Public Sector Apprenticeships Through Intermediaries: Lessons from Emerging Practice
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John M. Belk Endowment Visits Beaufort CCC as Stop 57 on Statewide Tour
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What Disengaged Students Are Really Telling You
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NC Governor: Imminent federal Medicaid cuts will cost everyone
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