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Perspective | A record year for transfer talent

by Peter Hans | October 20, 2025

Transfer students make our universities better, bringing a wealth of talent and life experience that sharpens classroom discussion and makes campus life richer for everyone. The fact that North Carolina’s public universities welcomed a record number of transfer students this...

The state’s top education officials share their priorities at Gov. Stein’s cabinet meeting

by Liz Bell | October 20, 2025

Efforts to align the state’s educational systems with its economic needs were highlighted by officials across the educational continuum at Gov. Josh Stein’s first education cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14. “Fundamentally, student success leads to economic benefit,” Stein said...

Compare NC school districts with this new Carolina Demography tool

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | October 20, 2025

Carolina Demography and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) have partnered to create a School District Typology, an instrument to review evidence-based grouping of school districts, according to a Sept. 25 press release produced by Emma Marshall, Carolina...

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The Editor’s Notes

The legislature will reconvene today to take up redistricting in an effort to give Republicans one more seat in Congress. Sen. Ralph Hise has indicated to WFAE that he doesn’t think a budget is likely.

Need to know

• Gov. Stein says the federal shutdown is impacting North Carolinians in every corner of the state

  NC Office of the Governor | October 17, 2025

• Changing childcare offerings at community colleges

  CC Daily | October 19, 2025

• Why Alabama is ahead of the curve on Workforce Pell

  CC Daily | October 17, 2025

• 5 Human Skills AI Can’t Replace — And How Schools Can Teach Them

  Forbes | October 15, 2025

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