10/20/2026
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Program serving students with IDD expands to 10 more community colleges, and more from the SBCC
The State Board of Community Colleges approved a $1.94 million allocation to expand Access to Achievement on Friday, meaning more students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across the state will be able to take advantage of the program. The...
Cultivating future-ready learners: Educators gather for UNC Global Education Symposium
Educators from 30 North Carolina counties, as well as 19 countries outside of the U.S., gathered at the Friday Center earlier this month for UNC-Chapel Hill’s K-12 Global Education Symposium: “Cultivating Future-Ready Learners.” Throughout the day, participants listened to lectures,...
NC schools and organizations invited to register for Poetry Out Loud Competition
The Oct. 30 deadline for the North Carolina Poetry Out Loud Competition is quickly approaching. According to the North Carolina Arts Council website, “Poetry Out Loud is a national program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts that encourages...
Perspective | Opening your life to someone new: Reflections on foreign exchange from a Guilford High School senior
In August of 2025, I welcomed a German exchange student into my life. A month later, I wanted him gone. However, despite my initial frustrations with the program and the person, foreign exchange taught me how to cohabitate and forced...
The Editor’s Notes
The State Board of Education Task Force on Educator Licensure and Advancement will meet in Room 150 at the Department of Public Instruction, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, on Tuesday, October 20 at 9:30 a.m. The agenda for this meeting is available online.
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The Real Reason Student Parents Quit College — and How to Fix It
PBS North Carolina and ncIMPACT produced this short documentary highlighting Forsyth Tech's work to support their student parents. Read the rest
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Proposed census rules could change how many North Carolinians are counted
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Most N.C. community college student IDs are not approved for voting in the midterm elections
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