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10/6/2023

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Research | BEST NC launches updated ‘Per Pupil Expenditure Data Explorer’
by Brenda Berg |
BEST NC is pleased to announce the update of its Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) Data Explorer and landing page, designed to facilitate the understanding and exploration of North Carolina’s school-level spending data and its relationship to other key education indicators. The updated tool...

Perspective | A weighty week of teachable moments
by Ferrel Guillory |
What a week. The first week of October 2023 offered up teachable moments through history playing out in real time as well as observances of long-running tensions in American life and education. In Washington, the U.S. House of Representatives ousted...

North Carolina K-12 STEM Access Working Group launches
by Staff |
This is a press release originally published by The Hunt Institute. The Hunt Institute is pleased to announce a new working group aimed at addressing barriers to STEM education access across North Carolina. The North Carolina K-12 STEM Access Working...

The Editor’s Notes

All week I have wondered about which songs Jeff McDaris would pick this week. If you haven’t heard, his son, John McDaris, was named Henderson County Public Schools Principal of the Year. I am guessing “Anything like me”  on his playlist this week is all about that!

“I started wonderin’ who he was gonna be,And I thought, ‘Heaven help us if he’s anything like me'”

Let’s give the dad — @SuperTCS — and the son — @johnrmcdaris — a shout out on Twitter, now X. In my travels, I come across many leaders who talk about how public schools run in the family. That is certainly true for this one. Thank you both for your leadership in your family, your schools, your districts, and your communities.

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NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson vows to correct ‘mistake’ on ethics filing

 WBTV | October 4, 2023

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson said this week that he would amend his 2023 Statement of Economic Interest to include a position his wife holds on the boards of several charter schools. Read the rest

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Mebane Rash

Mebane Rash is the CEO and editor-in-chief of EducationNC.